Vote for the best verboticism.
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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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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Paleodata
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: pā'lē-ō-dāt'ə
Sentence: Jose threw the remaining 3.5" floppies in the drawer with his cassette, VHS, 8-track and reel-to-reel tapes, 5" floppies and other miscellaneous paleodata.
Etymology: paleo-, a combining form meaning “old” or “ancient;” data, information
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COMMENTS:
I must say, this is nearly as good as my verb! Well done! I will probably use this word, a lot. - picabomama, 2008-03-14: 08:16:00
The throwback all the way to the dinosaur age ... Terrific word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-14: 18:00:00
Great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-16: 17:04:00
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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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Rosettastorage
Created by: Banky
Pronunciation: row-set-tah-store-ridge
Sentence: Alex was fixated on amassing the largest collection of rosettastored modern media in the known world. The crown jewels in his menagerie were wax cylinders of Nine Inch Nails' "The Downward Spiral", "The Godfather Part III" presented in a swimming pool sized Zoetrope, and the painstaking and somewhat ironic translation of "The Mummy" in handpainted hieroglyphics. He would take various tour groups through the displays, pointing out the 8400 5 1/4" floppy disk download of the Wikipedia database on the left, the Russian woodcarvings of "Rocky IV" (mostly featuring gilded images of Drago as a werebear), and a series of dangerous pop-up books chronicling late 1970s blaxploitation pornography. Twice daily he would present various skits on a weekly rotating schedule; retellings of Judith Light Lifetime movies of the week in comedia dell'arte Punch and Judy shows, morality plays based on "Snow White" with wildly different dwarves, epic poems in which he related the trials and travels of Richard Branson, and on special occasions would present weeklong mesquite fueled smoke-signal presentations of Cormac McCarthy novels. His latest undertaking, an exhibit of "Norbit" on a series of Grecian urns was expected within the week.
Etymology: Rosetta stone - the large granite stone found by the French in 1799 which facilitated the deciperhing of Egyptian hieroglyphics + storage
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COMMENTS:
Great word, awesome sentence! - Jamagra, 2008-03-14: 11:21:00
Great word, awesome sentence! - Jamagra, 2008-03-14: 13:06:00
Wow!! - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-14: 14:16:00
Marvelous! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-14: 17:58:00
Love the use of "rosseta". Great sentence,also. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-16: 17:06:00
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Unradio
Created by: queenjane75
Pronunciation: un-rad-e-yo
Sentence: Dad gave me an unradio again, want it?
Etymology: a radio that is not rad.
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: text + extinct
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COMMENTS:
Meaning readily apparent and so full! Ingenious choice of words to blend! Superb Won! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-14: 18:30:00
Excellent!! - Mustang, 2008-03-14: 19:38:00
Excellent! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-16: 17:07:00
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Rusticording
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /ruhs-teh-kor-ding/
Sentence: George totally enjoyed bringing his 8-year-old son with him to help clean out Grandpa's attic — where Grandpa had stored all of his old electronics and rusticordings. Grandpa had been an avid technophile in his day and the attic was like an obsolete technology museum. When George showed him the Betamax and VHS video tapes, and explained that they were like DVD-R's, Nathan inpected them and asked where the lasers went. Then, when they got to the cassettes and 8-track tapes, George told Nathan that they were what people kept their MP3's on, and then he showed Nathan the rust-colored tape and demonstrated how it turned. Nathan wanted to know how people selected the song they wanted to hear, and so George had to explain Fast Forward and Rewind, while his son struggled with the archaic concept. The vinyl records were next, and when George showed him the groove on the record, and explained how you had to carefully position the needle so as not to scratch the record, Nathan just winced and said, "Wow, Grandpa really had it rough!"
Etymology: Rust[ic] - iron [ferric] oxide; also, a thin layer of ferric oxide was used in most magnetic tapes, floppy disks and early hard discs (Old German, rost "red") + Recording - storage device containing information (from Old French, recorder "testimony")
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COMMENTS:
Yeah, I can no longer play my rustaccordion either! - arrrteest, 2008-03-14: 12:04:00
Will use it a lot! Excellent word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-14: 18:22:00
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Calookle
Created by: Lazberg
Pronunciation: Cal ook el
Sentence: Individ 1: "Hey, let's go to the library and rent some good old-fashion calookles!" Individ 2: "Ah yes, i totally agree, i haven't read a calookle in a while, better get reading."
Etymology:
Antechque
Created by: justacrosshair
Pronunciation: an-tek
Sentence: "A cassette tape? Sorry, we don't stock antechques."
Etymology: antique (old); tech (man made)
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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