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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.
Verboticisms
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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:
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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Electropsychosis
Created by: kmartinmt
Pronunciation: el-lec-tro-psych-os-is
Sentence: Ellen was afraid she might have the electronic disease, electropsychosis.
Etymology:
Aclikshun
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
rolls off the tongue - DaddyNewt, 2008-11-22: 00:09:00
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Diskontent
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dis kon tent
Sentence: Brandy's relationship with her computer was like her history with men. She experienced the same diskontent when they got a virus, lost their memory, their drive,became floppy and could no longer server. That was when she gave them the boot, because their relationship was terminal.
Etymology: Disk ((computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored) & Discontent (a longing for something better than the present situation)
Vexnology
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: veks/NA/la/gee
Sentence: Wanda became unbalanced when dealing with vexnology.
Etymology: vex+technology
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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Pcdoff
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: peesed/off
Sentence: My computer never fails to get me pcdoff.
Etymology: pc + pissed off
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COMMENTS:
Very clever ... roared with laughter! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-30: 19:34:00
Hilarious, left-field, clever! - bananabender, 2008-01-30: 23:30:00
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Incomputible
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: in/com/put/uh/bull
Sentence: After many months of anger and frustration and unsatisfying results from her laptop, the technical advisor at the computer store advised Jane that she and her laptop were completely incomputible and she should move onto a new machine.
Etymology: INCOMPUTIBLE - from - INCOMPATIBLE (unable to exist together in harmony) + COMPUTER (a programmable electronic machine)
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COMMENTS:
Very good! - Mustang, 2008-11-21: 07:11:00
Very good! - Mustang, 2008-11-21: 07:11:00
Nice one! My vote for you today. - logarithm, 2008-11-21: 08:24:00
Very nice e-malgamation! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-21: 12:42:00
Terrific word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-23: 15:46:00
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Technowildered
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: TEK-no-wil-erd
Sentence: Try as she may to understand the complexities of her laptop and tricks for surfing the web, posting on forums and exchanging emails, Gladys remained technowildered and completely angry with her own lack of tech skills.
Etymology: Blend of technological and bewildered.
Technostrangulata
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: TECH-NO-STRANG-U-LA-TA
Sentence: Because his computer repeatedly and stubbornly refused to dish up the information that he had just spent the last six hours inputting, Joe suffered a severe attack of technostrangulata. However, with the aid of a six pound hammer and the threat "I know it's in there, Give it too me!" he soon persuaded the demonic machine to relent.
Etymology: Techno- to be derived from an alien torture device. Strangulata- To be inclined through blind frustration to commit mayhem upon technology. See also NeoLuddite or Ludditeism
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COMMENTS:
been there - bookowl, 2008-01-30: 20:12:00
Top emotive sentence and etymology. Funny! - bananabender, 2008-01-30: 23:38:00
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Comments:
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!
Today's definition was suggested by Silveryaspen. Thank you Silveryaspen. ~ James