Verboticism: Digidrivel
DEFINITION: v. To obsess over, and fantasize about electronic gadgets even though you can never figure out how they actually work. n. A beautiful but useless gadget.
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Enigtronic
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: en-ig-tron-nick
Sentence: Mabel spent 2 clueless hours fiddling with her new cell phone before she realized the enigtronic device had to slide open. That was after she broke the phone in two trying to flip in open.
Etymology: enigma + electronic
Electrogadge
Created by: monkeyx013
Pronunciation: e-lekt-roh-gahj
Sentence: Stick your meta data in my electrogadge!
Etymology: From chimpanzee culture
Ipodify
Created by: livejuicy
Pronunciation: eye-pod-if-eye
Sentence: I love to ipodify so much, I have to wear a tool belt.
Etymology: ipod + magnify
Beautronic
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Bew-tron-ik
Sentence: Al was in awe of Katie's shiny new beautronic device. To his dismay...it was not something he could compute.
Etymology: Taken in part of the word Beautiful: "Beau" - The concept of beauty. Taken in part of the word Electronic- "Tronic" - Of or pertaining to electronics or to devices, circuits, or systems developed through electronics
Blondoodad
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: blohn-DOO-dad
Sentence: *insert mystic music here* I see it...my visions are as clear as crystal... In the near future, Paris would carry a blondoodad with her to her prison cell in 2042, for nothing more than reckless driving [did you think she would learn?!]. The police then wouldn't have the mental capacity to figure out what it was so they will let it slide. Hell, even Paris couldn't figure out what it was. The rest of Paris' days in prison will be spent in suffering... having to be watched by jailmen blondoodading over the blondoodad.
Etymology: blonde [because it has been stereotyped that blondes have more fun and are more beautiful, but are brainless and useless; this stereotype, though, is false and should not be used to judge a person. heck, i'll use this though for fun. XD] + doodad
Gizbo
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: giz/bo
Sentence: Joe had one gizbo after another on his desk. He usually bought them from the Dollar Store and they ran on 'AA' batteries, made wonderful sounds, flashed multi-coloured lights and made great conversation pieces, but served no purpose in the real world.
Etymology: GIZBO - noun - from GIZMO (a small specialized mechanical device) + BIMBO (useless, inconsequential, foolish, or stupid)
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COMMENTS:
Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-27: 17:45:00
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Gorgauseless
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: g-or-j-uh-u-s-l-eh-ss
Sentence: Bob stared at the gorgauseless blue object in his hand wondering how it worked when Abby walked by and said "Put my paperweight down Bob!"
Etymology: gorgeous+useless
Contriviance
Created by: blacklotus90
Pronunciation: kun-triv-ee-ance
Sentence: That new RSS-reading toaster is nothing more than a contriviance!
Etymology: Contrivance (a device to perform a certain task) + Trivial (pointless, useless, futile)
Technologlee
Created by: jerschneid
Pronunciation: TEK-NAH-LO-GLEE
Sentence: Sharon was too overcome by technologlee to realize that her "new iPhone" was actually an old Walkman.
Etymology: A combination of technology and glee.
Technoideum
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: teck-no-id-e-um
Sentence: Billy's dad is so uncool. He's got an iPad and an iPhone and a Blackberry and a Twitter account, but he's never even heard of Angry Birds. He's a total technoideum.
Etymology: techno (short for technology) + no idea (clueless) + idi (incomplete form of idiot) + um (expressing hesitation)