Verboticism: Codedependent
DEFINITION: v., To grasp the meaning of muddled texts like blog posts, emails and text messages where standard grammatical or spelling conventions have been ignored. n., The ability to read and understand confused or poorly written messages.
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Dyslexicon
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: diss leks ik ohn
Sentence: he was a walking dyslexicon, the sweet spell of success.
Etymology: dyslexic lexicon
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COMMENTS:
The dyslexicon in your sentence is a noun. - buffalocargo, 2015-08-21: 09:03:00
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Cypherfathom
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sīfərfaðəm
Sentence: Harry spent his career breaking coded messages in his job at the NSA. Despite this he has trouble trying to cypherfathom emails and texts from his kids.
Etymology: cypher (a secret or disguised way of writing) + fathom (understand)
Clearmext
Created by: yaelash
Pronunciation: clear-mext
Sentence: he had very good clearmexting abilities. even when his kid wrote him a note while eating dropping icecream and riding the bike at the same time, he could figure out what was written there.
Etymology: the combination of clear+messy+text, the ability to make a clear text out of a messy one.
Jumbleguya
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: jum/bl/gi/a
Sentence: The new boss seemed to have his own language when it came to texting. At first everyone was nervous. It wasn't until someone made a call down to the mailroom where Simon the jumbleguya worked. He could unscramble eggs.
Etymology: play on Jambalaya
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COMMENTS:
Twenty lashes with a wet noodle, Lumina. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-14: 02:34:00
Youch! (mix of Yummy and Ouch) :) - lumina, 2008-10-14: 10:04:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-14: 13:20:00
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Texhume
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: tex/hume
Sentence: His job was to texhume cryptic messages that had been buried in emails.
Etymology: TEXHUME - verb from TEXT (a unit of connected writing) + EXHUME (to revive, or restore; bring to light)
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COMMENTS:
Good word - Nosila, 2008-10-14: 20:14:00
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Decryptatext
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: de-cryp-ta-text
Sentence: Jason could easily decryptatext his boss' practically unreadable messages.
Etymology: de(undo) crypt (hidden message) text (words)
Cyberfathom
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Sie-ber-fath-um
Sentence: Mary Lou was an old hand at internet communications and could cyberfathom any and all internet shorthand
Etymology: cybernetics and comprehension
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COMMENTS:
neat - nerdkiller, 2007-11-15: 18:34:00
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Decyberscate
Created by: dubld
Pronunciation: dee-sigh-burr-skate
Sentence: He had to decyberscate the the cryptic text.
Etymology: De + Cyber/Cypher + Obfuscate
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COMMENTS:
nice - reminds me of rollerball - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-15: 13:01:00
A good'un that's "c" to the "g"! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-15: 17:34:00
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Educe
Created by: verbotomer
Pronunciation: ˈiːˌdjuːs
Sentence: "I educed that he meant, 'see you later' when he sent, 'cUL8rrrr11111!!!'"
Etymology: similar meaning to the original educe, but with the stress on the first syllable, modelled on Internet-related words such as email, ebusiness, etc. It can also be spelled 'e-duce'.
Texhume
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: tex/hume
Sentence: His job was to texhume cryptic messages that had been buried in emails.
Etymology: text + exhume
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COMMENTS:
K-rad ! c u l8r - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-15: 17:37:00
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