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DEFINITION: n. An old media format that is no longer popular or easily accessible, such as floppy disks, VHS tapes or stone tablets. v. To try to access data stored in an old-fashioned media format, especially it requires the use archaic technology and/or protocols.
Verboticisms
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Mediduh
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: me-dee-duh
Sentence: They look cool, but Mayan calendars are just mediduh. I mean, can you coordinate meetings on those things?!?
Etymology: From "media" and "duh"
Textinct
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: tik/stingkt
Sentence: The inability of any of today's computers to read the written data on the old large floppy disks have made them textinct.
Etymology: TEXTINCT - noun - from TEXT + EXTINCT - T+EXTINCT = TEXTINCT
Gadjettison
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: gadg jettison
Sentence: Gadgets evolve so quickly, that those of today, are outdated tomorrow, and become gadjettisons.
Etymology: GADGETS, JETTISON. GADGETS - machines, objects, things. JETTISON - throw out, get rid of, abandon, discard, ditch, chuck, dump, chuck out
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COMMENTS:
Egad! another top word! - galwaywegian, 2009-01-07: 12:05:00
great combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-07: 14:23:00
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Retrosurf
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ret - ro - surf
Sentence: Having only their granddad's discarded computer to rely on Delbert and Javier had no choice but to resort to retrosurfing method of finding information.
Etymology: Retro + surf
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COMMENTS:
What a lot of retrosurfing has been done here today! Great angle! Great word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-14: 18:41:00
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Stereolith
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: ster'/e/o/lith
Sentence: Jacob cringed in embarrassment at every soccer game. When would his parents get rid of that stereolithic camera they had and get with the digital age? It was completely humiliating... especially when the flip flash blinded his teammates just as they tried to score a goal.
Etymology: stereo - three dimensional (as in stereoscopic photography & stereotype print); also stereophonic sound reproduction + monolith - something formed of a single slab of stone
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COMMENTS:
Innovative etymology and word. Well done! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-14: 18:03:00
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Retronics
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: rhymes with electronics
Sentence: What's with the retronics? You need to get iPhone 17 already
Etymology: Retro + electronics
Technossil
Created by: diyan627
Pronunciation: tek-no-sil
Sentence: Diyan wants to update her various technossil dated between 1995 and 2007. Only recently did she upgrade to a digital camera as it was bittersweet parting with her SLR Nikon N60. At least there is still an element of art in the use of SLR, but that's way more than can be said for her gigantic desktop computer and the cob-web of wires that pour out from behind it.
Etymology: technology + fossil
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COMMENTS:
Great word! Seems so obvious to me. - arrrteest, 2008-03-14: 14:36:00
Applies not only to the byte-gone devices but to the operators of them! I'm a technossil among all my stored technossils! Outstanding won! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-14: 18:36:00
Great word. - Mustang, 2008-03-14: 19:38:00
Thanks Arrrteest, Silveryaspen and Mustang! - diyan627, 2008-03-15: 11:17:00
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Archiaproctem
Created by: yelloweyes
Pronunciation: ar-key-ah-prawk-tem
Sentence:
Etymology:
Cunidat
Created by: skeeterzirra
Pronunciation: Koo-ni-dat
Sentence: My parents have all these cunidat reels called super-eight.
Etymology: cuniform data
Mythicaligraphy
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: mith/i/ca/lig/ra/fee
Sentence: Since no one under the age of twenty uses cursive writing anymore, handwritten essays have become mythicaligraphy.
Etymology: mythical + caligraphy
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COMMENTS:
What's in a hand? Applause for this word! Outstanding! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-14: 17:10:00
marvelous word! love it!~ - diyan627, 2008-03-15: 11:15:00
Another top word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-16: 17:06:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by yellowbird. Thank you yellowbird. ~ James
stache - 2008-03-14: 01:22:00
paleodata
stache - 2008-03-14: 01:32:00
oops-wrong box.
arrrteest - 2008-03-14: 11:20:00
A few years ago, while giving a state assessment to 5th graders, there was a passage about artifacts. Included with the clay pipes and broken pottery shards was a section on the record and the record player. I wasn't ready to accept that then, but now I'm somewhat resigned to the fact that it is so.
silveryaspen - 2008-03-14: 17:03:00
Congratulations, Yellowbird and James for the definition and cartoon, that has evoked a lot of deep thinking. Kudos to all you erudite deep-thinkers ... for your words, comments, and wonderful way of uplifting each other with these wonderful interchanges. You've expanded the horizons of my thinking!
silveryaspen - 2008-03-14: 18:43:00
Three cheers for all the fun words created, too! Three cheers for all the trips down the various memory lanes!
arrrteest - 2008-03-14: 20:24:00
Lol,, MEMORY lanes
Thank goodness our memory lanes are still working. I was afraid they may have become non-compatible due to the upgrade to Windows Vista. Thank you Silvery, for showing us the way. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by yellowbird. Thank you yellowbird. ~ James
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