Verboticism: Remotehearing
DEFINITION: v. To engage in conversation while using a technical device, like a TV or computer, to keep you sharp, in case the discussion gets dull. n. A two-way conversation which is technically one-sided.
Remotehearing
Created by: Psychicsi
Pronunciation: Re-moa-t-hear-ing
Sentence: Bob was keenly watching generic sport on TV while remotehearing "I love you too" to his nagging wife.
Etymology: Like remote viewing (the ability to psychicly draw a place never visited), remotehearing is the ability to answer questions in a conversation you are not listening to (while using a remote control).
Points: 509
Comments: Remotehearing
wordmeister - 2007-01-11: 09:52:00
Oh... Now I know what my wife means when she says I'm too remote.