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DEFINITION: n., The anger and frustration that grows out of an unsatisfying, unfulfilling or unpredictable relationship one has with an electronic device, especially a computer. v. intr., To be trapped in a passive-aggressive, codependency with a computer.
Verboticisms
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Complaggravation
Created by: zebrahdh
Pronunciation: Com-plag-gruh-veh-tion
Sentence: I checking my email from home can be very complaggravating since I am still using a 56k dial-up modem.
Etymology: Computer + Lag + Aggravation
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COMMENTS:
You hit the major computer complaint with this one! Clever creation. - silveryaspen, 2008-01-30: 06:56:00
Your word sounds reallly good when said with attitude through gritted teeth, just how I am when my Dell is running amuck! - bananabender, 2008-01-31: 00:21:00
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Wifight
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: y-fyte
Sentence: Nerdia had never recovered from the wifight brought on inexorably by the constant aggravations of trying to connect her laptop to wireless networks at conference venues. After forking out exorbitant per hour rates for access, she frequently found that wireless coverage in the auditorium was flaky or only in the far left corner. Despite these tribulations she could never forgo her online fix.
Etymology: wifi + fight
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COMMENTS:
Hahahahaa. "Nerdia"....good one! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-21: 08:36:00
Why fight? My vote for you also! - logarithm, 2008-11-21: 08:38:00
Wifight bowled me over! Very clever creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-21: 13:00:00
How many of us have thought "Wifight our online fix of daily verbotomy?" - silveryaspen, 2008-11-21: 14:03:00
Did you know Nerdia was from Techsas? She married a Geek from Athens. - petaj, 2008-11-22: 05:08:00
I like it - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-23: 15:48:00
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Pcdoff
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: peesed/off
Sentence: My computer never fails to get me pcdoff.
Etymology: pc + pissed off
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COMMENTS:
Very clever ... roared with laughter! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-30: 19:34:00
Hilarious, left-field, clever! - bananabender, 2008-01-30: 23:30:00
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Diskontent
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dis kon tent
Sentence: Brandy's relationship with her computer was like her history with men. She experienced the same diskontent when they got a virus, lost their memory, their drive,became floppy and could no longer server. That was when she gave them the boot, because their relationship was terminal.
Etymology: Disk ((computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored) & Discontent (a longing for something better than the present situation)
Silicontempt
Created by: urbanwookie
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: silicon + contempt
Diskfunction
Created by: Banky
Pronunciation: dihsk-funk-shun
Sentence: Angus tried to think back to how they had met, before all the strife, all the anger. He'd first glimpsed her in Best Buy, on a Sunday afternoon, and from the first moment, they knew how to push each others buttons. She was different from all the other girls...she loved to play video games, check football stats, and look at pornography. Things progressed quickly, until one day his friend Dr. McAffee called. "I know this breaks every doctor-patient confidentiality rule, but she has a virus. We've isolated it, but you might watch her to see if she's been seeing anyone else." It was less than a week later that he found his own son, splayed in front of her radiance, lulled into her sweet siren song of illegal and illicit music and videos. After the fight, and she had gone to sleep, he decided he had restart his life with any hope for their relationship peripheral at best. Theirs was now a diskfunctional love, and he had to remove her from his memory. The liquor cabinet awaited.
Etymology: disfunction + disk (hard or floppy *blush*)
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COMMENTS:
very entertaining - too bad she was so promdiskcuous - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-30: 12:12:00
What a great read! I can't think what else to write cos I'm laughing so much! Great word too! - bananabender, 2008-01-30: 18:22:00
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Netserf
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: net serf
Sentence: Nettie became so addicted to surfing the net, she became a netserf.
Etymology: Net - short for internet, aka the web that takes us all in. Serf - enslaved laborer.
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COMMENTS:
Good one. - Mustang, 2008-11-21: 04:41:00
nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-21: 10:17:00
Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-23: 15:47:00
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Compunion
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: comp-you-n-yun
Sentence: Smoothperators have smooth-running computers. Glitchyputers turn them into bitchyperators. There is such a love/hate compunion between man and machines!
Etymology: The union of you and your computer.
Gadgetfrantic
Created by: jajsr
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After receiving the "blue screen of death", Sue realized that she was gadgetfrantic.
Etymology:
Macadementia
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: mac/ah/dee/men/shia
Sentence: I was driven into macadementia by my aging mac. It turned from being user friendly into Hal from 2001.
Etymology: mac(computer) + dementia(mental deterioration caused by mac) + macadamia (type of nut)
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COMMENTS:
Ah nuts! You cracked me up with this one! Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-30: 06:45:00
Cracking word!! (pun intended) - Dougalistic, 2008-01-30: 10:17:00
walnut always encouraged acorny comment is almond always appreciated - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-30: 10:45:00
Macadamias: a hard nut to crack! Ps: also known as the Queensland nut, Maroochi nut. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-30: 16:29:00
Aah, Queensland nuts..... I've cracked many in my time using my grandfather's vice under the house, a hammer and a dent in a cement works except when the nut shoots sideways at lightning speed (watch out onlookers!), but I'm set up well these days because I have a nutcracker designed by a Queenslander specially to deal with those tough shells. Super word! - bananabender, 2008-01-30: 23:54:00
Ah! Excellent word! Sounds like it could really make it to the DSM-V ! - chaiandallthatjazz, 2008-01-31: 10:47:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Silveryaspen. Thank you Silveryaspen. ~ James
bananabender - 2008-01-30: 08:22:00
Great definition Silveryaspen. You definately pressed our buttons with this one! So many clever and funny verboticisms and sentences. Still chuckling!
Today's definition was suggested by Silveryaspen. Thank you Silveryaspen. ~ James