Verboticisms

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: oh see theeeeees

Sentence: His ohseethese led to an RSI, two STDs amd eventually, a P45.

Etymology: oh see these OCD

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Created by: Splosion

Pronunciation: Web - blink - ing

Sentence: I don't blink when looking at webpages; I webblink, letting the page do it for me.

Etymology:

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: myse/hahky

Sentence: Jack was a champion micehockey player constantly on his game, cleverly mouse handling with one hand while fielding phone calls with the other

Etymology: ice hockey + mouse (plural, mice)

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COMMENTS:

very clever - petaj, 2007-05-01: 00:17:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: com-PULS-er-ee-chek

Sentence: Following his usual pattern, Lester accomplished his one hundredth compulsorecheck of his email, his twitter account and his Facebook wall and as usual all rechecks revealed no new entries.

Etymology: Blend of compulsory (bound for, fated in near future) and recheck - to check again (check - to make an inquiry, investigation, etc., as for verification)

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Created by: Kenge92

Pronunciation: Ree-Fresh-Nat-ic

Sentence: Susan was a refreshnatic, always refreshing like a fanatic, on her facebook and myspace page. She will never get it that she's not popular.

Etymology: Refresh- To Fresh Again. Natic- From Fanatic- to be obsessed with

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: ree-fresh-all-oh-jee

Sentence: Although Purpleartichokes was a follower of Refreshology, at the end of the day, her word garnered 11 points; eschewed by verbotomists like yesterday's meatloaf proffered alongside lobstertail and filet mignon.

Etymology: refresh, reflexology

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COMMENTS:

LOL. you certainly get my vote! - ohwtepph, 2007-04-30: 05:08:00

and I have to admit, too, i have myself a severe case of refreshology in verbotomy. But I'd say it's more like a... clixation. - ohwtepph, 2007-04-30: 05:09:00

As someone here once said, it may require a verbotomy lobotomy. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-30: 06:50:00

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Created by: verysimplegame

Pronunciation: My-so-crow-nus

Sentence: The last two minutes of each ebay auction rendered Jules quite misochronous.

Etymology: Mice + isochronous

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COMMENTS:

(my-so-crow-nus) - verysimplegame, 2007-05-08: 08:35:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: web/dex/iety

Sentence: When checking her e-Bay sales, webdexiety over took her checking again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again to see if anybody had bid higher for her item.

Etymology: web + index finger + anxiety

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Created by: MissRabbit

Pronunciation: ri - FRESH - o - may - ni - a

Sentence: Afflicted by a severe case of refreshomania, John sat before his computer obsessively reloading Ebay to see if his bid was still in the lead.

Etymology: refresh: from the common computer term for reloading a screen, from the Old English refreschen ("reinvigorate") mania: from the Greek mania ("madness")

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: over syte

Sentence: Due to his oversite and excitement on getting a reply, all of the 1200 hits on his singles ad were his own.

Etymology: Over (overdo;too much) & Site (a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web)and Wordplay on oversight (an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something)

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