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DEFINITION: n., A wear mark, or shiny spot, which appears on a heavily used computer touch-pad, mouse or keyboard. v., To wear down or erode through repetitive clicking, tapping or poking.
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Crapdoo
Created by: jeremy21
Pronunciation: /crap-doo/
Sentence: That dude crapdooed on the wrong person. Crapdooing is not the way to go
Etymology: Old american- coming from some old english
Clickopecia
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: klikəpēshēə
Sentence: It’s good for Bill that he’s a touch typist. He has worn most of the letters off of the keys on his keyboard. His mouse has a bad case of clickopecia, a bald spot caused by excessive clicking.
Etymology: click (an act of pressing a mouse button) + alopecia (the partial or complete absence of hair from areas of the body where it normally grows; baldness)
Geekpolish
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: geek + polish
Sentence: Judging by the geekpolish on Jimmy's laptop, he had been spending a bit too much time on Facebook.
Etymology: Not to be confused with my Eastern European roots (geek Polish)
Boursoflypord
Created by: garythesnail
Pronunciation: bor-SO-FLY-POORD
Sentence: Felix had many boursoflypords on his keyboard.
Etymology: french 'boursouflure' for blister, + type + keyboard
Erodency
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: i-ROHD-uh n-see
Sentence: Bob lived in constant state of click-button erodency with an abrashining mouse and a repitritious keyboard.
Etymology: Blend of "E" for a system of world-wide electronic communication;as in email etc., RODENT: from Mod.L. rodentia, the order name, from L. rodentem (nom. rodens), prp. of rodere "to gnaw, eat away," like a "mouse" and CY: state or condition.
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-17: 11:52:00
Good one!! - TJayzz, 2008-10-17: 14:17:00
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Moniterosion
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The price you pay for being on everyone's e-mail address book is that you are vulnerable to moniterosion.
Etymology:
Eteriorate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ee teer eeo rayt
Sentence: June's computer mouse was so worn it was in the terminal stages of eteriorate. She thumped on it so often everyday that it was in a permanent stage of AOLopecia.
Etymology: deteriorate (to fade away or worsen) & e-terior (electronic exterior) & ate (eaten away)
Hardwear
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: hard-wayr
Sentence: Simon's friends referred to his keyboard, mouse and mousepad as his hardwear because of the excessive wear shown on them by his overly rough use.
Etymology: Blend of 'hard' and 'wear', a play on the word 'hardware'.
Scuffleboard
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: skuff-ul-bord
Sentence: his penchant for using the W A S D keys to control pacman were resulting in a serious case of scuffleboard
Etymology: scuff, key board, shuffleboard
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COMMENTS:
missed this one yesterday - very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-21: 06:02:00
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Hypermouseration
Created by: mvandyke
Pronunciation: hyper-mouse-er-ation
Sentence: One could easily see the tell tale signs of 'hypermouseration' in Kathies work station.
Etymology:
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James