Verboticisms

Created by: zrotv

Pronunciation: tĕk'nə-blī-jd'

Sentence: despite my incapacitated state, the presence of my fully charged cell phone made me technobliged to answer. What if someone needed help...? I was technobligated, at the very least, to provide some minimal assistance... given my access to communication.

Etymology: technology + obligate (To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. etc. etc.)

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: auto ree ply

Sentence: No matter what (or who) he was doing that ringtone just triggered his oughtoreply button every time

Etymology: ought to reply, autoreply.

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COMMENTS:

I'm walking out the door with a smile on my face after this one - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-18: 07:15:00

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Created by: Carria

Pronunciation:

Sentence: My boner was replaced with a phoner

Etymology: Phone + Boner

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Created by: logarithm

Pronunciation: pik-all

Sentence: My boss is looking for a natural PICKALL to replace the receptionist whom he has just fired because he caught her polishing her fingernails unperturbed by the ringing phone.

Etymology: Pick + all + call

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: nōnoŏkēə

Sentence: Joan refers to Robert*s cell phone as his nonookia. It is his lifeline to the outside world. No matter what time of day or night it rings, it is up to his ear and intimacy is over. His ringtone of Satisfaction (I can*t get no...) isn*t helping the situation.

Etymology: no (not any) + nooky (sexual activity or intercourse) + Nokia (a popular brand of cell phone)

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COMMENTS:

cute - Nosila, 2009-12-03: 18:28:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kal pul ay shun

Sentence: The scene was set. Soft music, candles, champagne, oysters, a luxurious hotel suite. They were passionately entwined. They barely knew each other, but they were well on their way to changing that. Just when things were getting very hot and heavy, she could not resist the callpulation. Her cell was singing out the message that always got her attention, "I'm so excited...". She could not resist and just had to answer. "Yeah, we'll be done in five, Rudy, where's my next trick?" At that point, her bedmate knew that although he ate a dozen oysters, only 6 of them were going to work tonight!

Etymology: Call (a telephone connection) & Pull (direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes) & Copulation (the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kawl day ting

Sentence: George hated the fact that Lulu had that new feature on her phone, calldating. It meant that every time they had relations, she would answer every call. This was annoying, especially since their trysts only lasted an hour, until she had to handle her next client...

Etymology: Wordplay on Call-Waiting...Dating (having a steady, intimate relationship)

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Created by: mikebezner

Pronunciation: yoo-ring

Sentence: Despite being on the toilet, Isaac couldn't help himself and, once again, uringed.

Etymology: Urinate+ring

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Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: hel - LOH - to

Sentence: Like a monster out of a horror movie, Jill's hand shot out of the shower and in a second, hellotoed her ringing cellphone.

Etymology: Hello [What is often said at the beginning of a call conversation] + Auto [automatic]

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: tie gerr urrr

Sentence: One tigerror too many and he ended up looking like a car crash!

Etymology: tiger error

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COMMENTS:

"snigger" - galwaywegian, 2009-12-03: 06:52:00

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