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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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Intermac
Created by: purpleman
Pronunciation: in/ter/mac
Sentence: the word INTERMAC means u dont like youe mac
Etymology: in as in unlike ter as in internet and mac as in computer
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COMMENTS:
intermac is when u hate youe mac - purpleman, 2008-01-30: 20:40:00
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Loveandatarelationship
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Luv-an-data-ree-lay-shun-ship
Sentence: Jane's computer really drove her mad sometimes, but when it went in for repair for a few days, she realised it was a loveandatarelationship as she just couldn't live without it.
Etymology: Twist on love and hate relationship
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COMMENTS:
When I first looked at the word in the list, I read it as loveanddatErelationship and was e-xpecting a sentence about those datE-matching websites! When I clicked on your word and read the sentence, I took a second and better look at the word. Finally saw it was datA not datE in the middle! My eyes and mind need e-mprovement! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-21: 13:56:00
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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).
Vexnology
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: veks/NA/la/gee
Sentence: Wanda became unbalanced when dealing with vexnology.
Etymology: vex+technology
Gadgetfrantic
Created by: jajsr
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After receiving the "blue screen of death", Sue realized that she was gadgetfrantic.
Etymology:
Electroniceddiction
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ee lek tron ik ee dik shun
Sentence: Edith had an electroniceddiction. She had an e-ventful relationship with her computer and she had e-nabled herself to get hopelessly e-ntangled in the World Wide Web. She had finally e-volved her thinking and e-nrolled in a support group. She was not sure how e-ffective this group might be for her, as some of the members had a worse e-ddiction than she did, but e-dmitting the problem was half the battle, right? The only problem with her e-therapy was that her group met on-line instead of in person!
Etymology: Electronic (of or relating to electronics; concerned with or using devices that operate on principles governing the behavior of electrons) & e- (short form of electronic, especially refers to something on computers) & Addiction (being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming)
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COMMENTS:
E-xcellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-21: 12:40:00
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Hardweariness
Created by: ScrabbledEgg
Pronunciation: hard WEER ee nehs
Sentence: After a full day of wrestling with her laptop, blackberry, and TIVO, the familiar hardweariness set in. Yet she couldn't help herself as she surfed until the wee hours of the morning, hardwearied (hardwired + weary) to her computer.
Etymology: hardware + weary
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COMMENTS:
Great last line! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-30: 19:46:00
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Aversion1.0
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: ah-ver-zhun-wun-point-oh
Sentence: As i logged into facebook for the 93rd time that day, i was filled with aversion1.0
Etymology: aversion, version 1.0
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-30: 06:37:00
Clever & interesting! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-30: 16:27:00
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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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Bitterputer
Created by: logarithm
Pronunciation: bI-tEr-pyu-tEr
Sentence: Judy is fed-up with the constant bitterputer chaos in the office that she has decided to change for a betterputer.
Etymology: Bitter - marked by strong resentment or cynicism. Computer = puter - an electronic device used to store, sort, correlate, and make calculations on data at high speeds. Bitterputer = sour relationship with the computer. Antonym = Betterputer
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COMMENTS:
Nice Mandelbroth of words. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-21: 08:39:00
Hahah... thanx metrohumanx. - logarithm, 2008-11-21: 09:04:00
Hahah... thanx metrohumanx. - logarithm, 2008-11-21: 09:37:00
good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-23: 15:45:00
I thought you'd get that one.... :) - metrohumanx, 2008-11-24: 16:02:00
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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