Verboticism: Ituneout

'I can word back everything you repeat.'

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.

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Ituneout

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: i/tune/out

Sentence: My grandfather lamented that he hated talking to "kids these days" as they always seemed to ituneout him as he was describing how he had to walk to school in three feet of snow, up hill, both ways.

Etymology: i-tune, tune out

Points: 494

Comments: Ituneout

wordmeister - 2007-01-11: 09:46:00
It's a technology problem isn't it...