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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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Aclikshun

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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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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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COMMENTS:

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

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Technolodged

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: TEK - no - lojd

Sentence: Whilhelmena found herself woefully short of computer skills and knowledge and quickly became technolodged in overwhelming fashion.

Etymology: Mix of technological and lodged (stuck)

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COMMENTS:

Stuck in computer h ..... otel !!! lol. - silveryaspen, 2008-01-30: 07:01:00

good one! - bananabender, 2008-01-30: 23:32:00

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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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Compunion

Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: comp-you-n-yun

Sentence: Smoothperators have smooth-running computers. Glitchyputers turn them into bitchyperators. There is such a love/hate compunion between man and machines!

Etymology: The union of you and your computer.

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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)

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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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Appallingvista

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: app aw ling goo ista

Sentence: their appallingvista was even worse that the inXPlickable relationshit she had with her previous partner (yes it was a typo, but I left it in!)

Etymology: appaling vista, Vista.

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COMMENTS:

Hilarious sentence! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-30: 07:34:00

Yep, I'm laughing too! - bananabender, 2008-01-30: 07:42:00

Agreed, lol'ing at the sentence!! :D - Dougalistic, 2008-01-30: 10:16:00

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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:

metrohumanx 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

metrohumanx I thought you'd get that one.... :) - metrohumanx, 2008-11-24: 16:02:00

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Techambivalent

Created by: emdeejay

Pronunciation: tech amblivalent

Sentence: June was reminded of her techambivalence when her laptop spontaneously shut down during a 'heated' chat with her 'colleague'

Etymology: from 'technology' and 'ambivalence'

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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