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'But I was just double-clicking'

DEFINITION: n., The anger and frustration that grows out of an unsatisfying, unfulfilling or unpredictable relationship one has with an electronic device, especially a computer. v. intr., To be trapped in a passive-aggressive, codependency with a computer.

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Vexnology

DaddyNewt

Created by: DaddyNewt

Pronunciation: veks/NA/la/gee

Sentence: Wanda became unbalanced when dealing with vexnology.

Etymology: vex+technology

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Diskfunction

Created by: Banky

Pronunciation: dihsk-funk-shun

Sentence: Angus tried to think back to how they had met, before all the strife, all the anger. He'd first glimpsed her in Best Buy, on a Sunday afternoon, and from the first moment, they knew how to push each others buttons. She was different from all the other girls...she loved to play video games, check football stats, and look at pornography. Things progressed quickly, until one day his friend Dr. McAffee called. "I know this breaks every doctor-patient confidentiality rule, but she has a virus. We've isolated it, but you might watch her to see if she's been seeing anyone else." It was less than a week later that he found his own son, splayed in front of her radiance, lulled into her sweet siren song of illegal and illicit music and videos. After the fight, and she had gone to sleep, he decided he had restart his life with any hope for their relationship peripheral at best. Theirs was now a diskfunctional love, and he had to remove her from his memory. The liquor cabinet awaited.

Etymology: disfunction + disk (hard or floppy *blush*)

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COMMENTS:

very entertaining - too bad she was so promdiskcuous - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-30: 12:12:00

What a great read! I can't think what else to write cos I'm laughing so much! Great word too! - bananabender, 2008-01-30: 18:22:00

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Macadementia

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: mac/ah/deh/men/shee/ah

Sentence: I was driven into macadementia by my aging mac. It turned from being user friendly into Hal from 2001.

Etymology: mac(computer) + dementia(mental deterioration caused by mac) + macadamia (type of nut)

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx daisy, daisy, give me your annnswer trrrrue..... - metrohumanx, 2008-11-21: 08:36:00

Fun e-tymology! This pnut of an e-nut is still chuckling over it! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-21: 12:48:00

Good word - TJayzz, 2008-11-21: 13:35:00

All a bit nutty;good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-23: 15:47:00

All a bit nutty;good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-23: 15:47:00

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Nerveselware

playdohheart

Created by: playdohheart

Pronunciation: nerves-ell-wear

Sentence: Jane couldn't help thinking that the Office 2007 software upgrade was also upgrading her nerveselware.

Etymology: "Nerves will wear" + software/hardware

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Kudos for a most unique creation, - silveryaspen, 2008-01-30: 19:41:00

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Psycholectronic

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: sigh - ko - lec - tron - ik

Sentence: Every day Veronica went totally psycholectronic while dealing with her computer. She was constantly frustrated and angry when it locked up or she could not figure out how to do something but in the end, she kept turning it on every day because it had really become her best friend.

Etymology: Psychotic (a person afflicted with psychosis: amental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted) + Electronic (Usually refers to something that is available via the computer).

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Volatronics

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: vol-uh-TRON-iks

Sentence: Jezebel's memory loss in forgetting to lock the doors on the "Firewalls" led to volatronics between her and Bob. Finally Bob, frustated with her unpredictability, yelled: " Get on that "Trojan horse" you let in, and get out of my life - right now!' Overhearing the heated exchange Roxie interrupted, reminding Bob that, after all, Jezebel is only electronic!

Etymology: Blend of VOLATILE: erratic, sudden changeableness in behavior, Of computers: pertaining to loss of storage when eletrical power is turned off or fails. Electronics: science & technology of electronics phenomena.

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx Verycerebral...and funny. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-21: 08:38:00

great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-21: 10:14:00

A hit! Llike a volt out of the blue! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-21: 12:55:00

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Complaggravation

Created by: zebrahdh

Pronunciation: Com-plag-gruh-veh-tion

Sentence: I checking my email from home can be very complaggravating since I am still using a 56k dial-up modem.

Etymology: Computer + Lag + Aggravation

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COMMENTS:

You hit the major computer complaint with this one! Clever creation. - silveryaspen, 2008-01-30: 06:56:00

Your word sounds reallly good when said with attitude through gritted teeth, just how I am when my Dell is running amuck! - bananabender, 2008-01-31: 00:21:00

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Macadementia

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: mac/ah/dee/men/shia

Sentence: I was driven into macadementia by my aging mac. It turned from being user friendly into Hal from 2001.

Etymology: mac(computer) + dementia(mental deterioration caused by mac) + macadamia (type of nut)

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COMMENTS:

Ah nuts! You cracked me up with this one! Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-30: 06:45:00

Cracking word!! (pun intended) - Dougalistic, 2008-01-30: 10:17:00

walnut always encouraged acorny comment is almond always appreciated - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-30: 10:45:00

Macadamias: a hard nut to crack! Ps: also known as the Queensland nut, Maroochi nut. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-30: 16:29:00

Aah, Queensland nuts..... I've cracked many in my time using my grandfather's vice under the house, a hammer and a dent in a cement works except when the nut shoots sideways at lightning speed (watch out onlookers!), but I'm set up well these days because I have a nutcracker designed by a Queenslander specially to deal with those tough shells. Super word! - bananabender, 2008-01-30: 23:54:00

Ah! Excellent word! Sounds like it could really make it to the DSM-V ! - chaiandallthatjazz, 2008-01-31: 10:47:00

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Aclikshun

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: əˈclik shən

Sentence: PeeCee has a serious aclikshun. As much as she hates it, she just can't separate herself from her computer. She has given up eating breakfast to play some silly little online word game every morning. She was so aclikted that she has lost the ability to talk to anybody face-to-face. She tried to sign up for a computer-aclikshun class but couldn't get her calendar program to work correctly. Last weekend, while having dinner with her kids, Doc and Giffer, she placed her order by e-mail. Thank goodness for Wi-Fi. She had trouble accepting her divorce from Mac until he sent the papers to her as a .pdf file.

Etymology: addiction (the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity) + click (in computing, an act of pressing a mouse button)+ shun (persistently avoid, ignore, or reject)

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COMMENTS:

And here I sit clicking and typing. :-) - wayoffcenter, 2008-11-21: 06:46:00

funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-21: 10:15:00

Delightful creation! I will grin and think of you everytime I use it! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-21: 12:35:00

Acliktic word! - Nosila, 2008-11-21: 23:16:00

DaddyNewt rolls off the tongue - DaddyNewt, 2008-11-22: 00:09:00

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Biosfear

metrohumanx

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: BUY-oh-sphere

Sentence: SexySadie was neat, sweet and complete...as long as her wireless connection remained cooperative. Her first desktop bit the dust when she attempted an on-line purchase and melted her Visa card by inserting it into the A: drive. Seriously chastised, she would coddle her new computer with loving care. Capable of computing until the cows came home, she was trapped in a feedback loop of Verbotomizing, e-mailing and Facebooking, choosing to ignore the creeping back pain her doctor had warned her about. A compressed non-system disk in her spine was bad enough, but her BIOSFEAR was far worse, and could be potentially fatal. If she shut down her Lappy 286, it might never re-boot correctly, and she would become the pathetic owner of a hi-tech doorstop. SexySadie loathed her own inability to stop surfing almost as much as she loved and despised the electronic ogre which kept her a virtual prisoner of her own semi E-rotic addiction. The Electronic Fun Transfers stopped abruptly when the battery created it's own "wireless hot spot" one frosty night and incinerated the tacky velour ottoman she had gotten for a pittance on E-Bay...........................SexySadie oooooh What have you done?

Etymology: BIOS+FEAR=BIOSFEAR.....BIOS:Basic Input/Output System....FEAR:frighten,to have a reverential awe of,expect with alarm,to be afraid of or apprehensive; Middle English feren, from Old English fǣran, from fǣr......(With a subcutaneous reference to BIOSPHERE, an ancient eco-experiment in which volunteers lived in isolation for an extended period of time, not even caring to push the levers which we have provided for them.)

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COMMENTS:

petaj perfect - petaj, 2008-11-21: 07:55:00

metrohumanx Isn't it time for an UPGRADE? Ah yes! The "good old daze"..... http://www.computerhistory.org/ - metrohumanx, 2008-11-21: 08:11:00

metrohumanx WOW! Friday has been a cornucopia of chuckles. I hope to see you all at the 2010 Verbotomy Festival and Word Swap Extravaganza. (location TBA) - metrohumanx, 2008-11-21: 08:44:00

fabulous sentence metro - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-21: 10:16:00

E-ceptional! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-21: 12:39:00

Biosfearful word! - Nosila, 2008-11-21: 23:14:00

fantastic - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-23: 15:44:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-01-30: 01:10:00
Today's definition was suggested by Silveryaspen. Thank you Silveryaspen. ~ James

bananabender - 2008-01-30: 08:22:00
Great definition Silveryaspen. You definately pressed our buttons with this one! So many clever and funny verboticisms and sentences. Still chuckling!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2011-09-01: 00:13:00
Today's definition was suggested by Silveryaspen. Thank you Silveryaspen. ~ James