Verboticism: Whatchamadooz
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.
Whatchamadooz
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌʍʌtʃəməˈduz/
Sentence: My new vacuum cleaner comes with all sorts of whatchamadoozes and wherchamattachits, but the instruction manual only has very ambiguous pictures.
Etymology: From "What does it do?" in the same way that "whatchamacallit" comes from "What do you call it?"
Points: 560
Comments: Whatchamadooz
ErWenn - 2007-06-04: 02:33:00
I think that the ambiguous, uncaptioned picture-instructions included with some whatchamadoozes would make a good verboticism.
Clayton - 2007-06-04: 06:27:00
OK, just to be fair I'm waiting until later today to vote, but rest assured: you've got my vote. One of 'em, anyway.
ErWenn - 2007-06-04: 12:08:00
Thanks both for voting and for waiting!
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-04: 15:29:00
I think they call those drawings Picasholes. I've used one to try to assemble what looked like a simple filing cabinet. Five months, and five friends later, it's almost together!
Clayton - 2007-06-04: 21:41:00
Done and done.