Verboticisms

Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: uhn-owr-goo-gul-an-ized

Sentence: I have become very unorgooglanized ever since they cruelly decided not to make google's powers extend beyond the internet.

Etymology: unorganized + google

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Created by: ubgrud

Pronunciation: shar-sha-hol-ism

Sentence: He stood frozen in the middle of the grocery store, staring the multi-aisle maze. His chercheholism rendered him non-functional.

Etymology: cherche - french for search; holism - from alchoholism

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: loss - kate - ed

Sentence: Brenda often lostcated simple things; like the glasses that were perched right on her head or her car keys that always disappeared inside her purse.

Etymology: lost, located

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COMMENTS:

I get it, she couldn't see her glasses cause they were on her nose. That never happens to me... - jrogan, 2009-08-11: 08:55:00

Been there, done that, just cannot remember when... - Nosila, 2009-08-11: 12:21:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: goo-gul-ep-see

Sentence: After failing to find his keys, Bob was overcome by a bout of googlepsy, and tried turning to the popular search engine for their location.

Etymology: Google, epilepsy

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Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: flop/ti/miz/ing

Sentence: FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) struck home as Fred realized that all the time spent looking for his missing black sock could be blamed on his floptimizing genes.

Etymology: flop (failure) + optimizing (what every SEO guarantees)

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COMMENTS:

I'm wondering if I'm floptimistic? I think I can find stuff, but I can't... - wordmeister, 2007-01-06: 01:11:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: not in syte

Sentence: His name was a trick of cruel fate...Seymour Sox. He always found one sock notinsite and in frustration he opened a website called: notinsite.com and used it as a platform to talk with other search-challenged individuals. After a while he made a ton of money on his notinsite site and could afford to buy new socks everyday and never have to worry about them getting divorced in his dryer ever again. Seymour Sox could now see more socks than he ever had in his life before!

Etymology: Not In Sight (invisible, unseen,inability to see) & Site (a computer connected to the Internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web)

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Created by: GreatRandew

Pronunciation: goo-gl-depend-ick

Sentence: The client was so googledependic that he could not find his car keys

Etymology:

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Created by: Hjason

Pronunciation: de-poo-gle

Sentence: I can't seem to find my pictures of Ernest Borgnine(spelling?)(George Carlin reference) because I have such a depoogle.

Etymology: depend+google

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: lie-brair-ea-NEM-a-sis

Sentence: Since the advent of the world wide web, Alice, the librarian, had given up cataloging the contents of her house. She was afflicted with a malaise known as librarianemesis.

Etymology: librarian (traditional stereotype includes being inordinately organised) + nemesis ("the bane of my life")

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: dis-kuhm-goog-yuh-leytd

Sentence: Jason is so used to keeping track of his life by way of his electronic devices. Without his TomTom he might not be able to get to work or back home. Last week when he misplaced his smart phone he was completely discomgoogulated.

Etymology: discombobulated (confused or disconcerted; upset; frustrated) + google (brand name of a leading Internet search engine)

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