Verboticisms

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: si-blob

Sentence: After weeks of playing Warcraft for hours on end, Dave officially became a cyblob and was able to totally ignore Jill's rants about mowing the grass.

Etymology: cyborg, cyber, and blob (a useless lump of flesh)

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /tek-NEG-li-juhnt/

Sentence: Ralph's character in World of Warcraft was awesome — with some of the best armor and weapons available. But Ralph was technegligent IRL. He hadn't shaved or bathed in 4 or 5 days, and he'd barely slept in the last week. He'd called in sick at work twice, but after that he hadn't even bothered, and they'd finally stopped calling to leave him messages. He seemed to recall a girl he'd been dating, but she'd stopped calling, too... Anyway, his character rocked! That's what was important, wasn't it?

Etymology: Technology - electronic or digital products and systems (from Greek, tekhnologia "science of the mechanical and industrial arts") + negligent - failing in what duty requires; derelict or delinquent (from Latin, neglegere "to make light of, disregard")

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ɹiˌæləɡˈnɔːɹ/ /rE-'a-l&g-'nor/

Sentence: Those who realignore their physical lives need to realize that their corporeal bodies are a lot like virtual pets and require frequent attention; in many cases the problem becomes substance neglect.

Etymology: From reality + ignore

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COMMENTS:

The most overlooked word of the day! Good one!! - Stevenson0, 2007-05-08: 21:21:00

Thanks. I like "substance neglect" better, but it's not a verb, and it's two words. - ErWenn, 2007-05-09: 00:26:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: um/bil/gaytz/i/cus

Sentence: Sue had a surgeon replace her navel with an umbilgatesicus

Etymology: umbilicus + Bill Gates

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Created by: duchessella

Pronunciation: cy-BY-o-size

Sentence: She cybiosises with abandon; we haven't seen her for 3 months, except when online.

Etymology: Cyber + symbiosis cyber - that's pretty obvious symbiosis - the state of living dependently with something; the computer in this case

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: pre-tend-em-ick

Sentence: Jane's neglect of personal hygeine, nutrition and fresh air in favour of instant messaging her online buddies was a clear sign that she'd succumbed to the virtual reality pretendemic.

Etymology: pretend (make believe) & endemic (a disease characteristic of certain places or people)

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COMMENTS:

Good word! - Nosila, 2011-04-13: 18:56:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: lap top liv ee an

Sentence: Megan Hertz lives her life in laptoplivion, totally removed from the realities of daily life. She lives in the fantasy realm of the Internet and loses herself there for hours, even days at a time. She neglects herself and subsides on a daily diet of bytes of Apple, cookies, nybbles, Spam, Mac & GEOS, washed down with Java and Port. Her poor diet is ruining her memory and if she does not watch it, she will end up with a deadly virus.

Etymology: Laptop (a portable computer small enough to use in your lap) & Oblivion (the state of being disregarded or forgotten; total forgetfulness)

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: app ell op lex ee

Sentence: She suffered from appleoplexy . I I I

Etymology: apoplext apple

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: SYE - behr - transed

Sentence: Hector had become thoroughly cybertranced and during most of his waking hours was totally absorbed in online gaming, surfing the net, updating his blog and 'googling' one thing after another.

Etymology: Blend of the prefix 'cyber' and tranced, a form of trance (a state of complete mental absorption or deep musing)

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COMMENTS:

Very clever - TJayzz, 2008-07-08: 08:27:00

very melodic word - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-08: 10:58:00

Good one...CYBERTRANCED is descriptive with just the right amount of new-age overtones... - metrohumanx, 2008-07-08: 15:50:00

Excellent. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-09: 03:10:00

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Created by: everdred

Pronunciation: sudo (like unix), merci (like french), fliction (like something or the other)

Sentence:

Etymology: pseudo (fake) [im]'mersi (something suggesting immersion) [af]'fliction

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