Verboticisms

Created by: Ra1111

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Sentence: The only cure for Digitool Syndrome is to strand the person in the wilderness and if they should make it out alive, send them to live with the Amish.

Etymology: Digital/Tool

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Created by: Pseudonym

Pronunciation: ay-mayn-ee-a

Sentence: "Here's the link for the AIMania support site that I messaged you about."

Etymology: AIM + mania

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Created by: Nicked

Pronunciation: re puls iv

Sentence: When I discovered that I would rather send an email to his cell phone than to walk into the next room to speak to him in person, I knew I was re: pulsive.

Etymology: Re: Email speak for "in response to" + pulsive from compulsive

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: seye berr rell eye ens

Sentence: His cyberreliance was so bad he would regularly spam himself.

Etymology: cyber reliance

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Created by: skepsis

Pronunciation: de-pose-e-ate

Sentence: Billy-bob, a huge deposeate, keeps texting me from upstairs.

Etymology: depend close communicate

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Created by: daniel3k

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Created by: jackalterman

Pronunciation: ee-dik-shun

Sentence: Harold's overwhelming ediction contributed to the downfall of his intra-personal communication, and ultimately, his family life.

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Created by: Scrumpy

Pronunciation: e-buht-ed

Sentence: Ken compulsively ebutted his cubicle partner then elbowed him in the ribs.

Etymology: e - from electronic (as in email) and abutted - to touch at the edge.

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Created by: woofmaster

Pronunciation: e-twit-ter-may-nee-uh

Sentence: I'm sorry, Mrs. Collins. Your son -- your son has etwittermania. He's an etwittermaniac.

Etymology: From "e" (from e-mail, etc.), "twitter" (to twitter on, and, also, Twitter), mania (a suffix typically applied to obsessive behavioral disorders).

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Created by: joelb

Pronunciation: e-tard-ay-shun

Sentence: His etardation reached it's pinnacle when he requested a video conference from across the room.

Etymology: e (for electronic, like in e-mail) + retardation

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