Verboticisms

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: re-fresh-a-hol-ic

Sentence: Bill was a refreshaholic and compulsively would recheck his email and favorite blogs for updates.

Etymology: refresh + aholic

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Created by: AnnieChandon

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: ad-clik-shun

Sentence: after 3 hours of compulsive refreshing, he realised he had a serious addclicktion

Etymology: addiction, click

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Created by: Pasicheio

Pronunciation: Re-Fresh-Oh-Hall-Ism

Sentence: Jerry is a refreshoholic when it comes to news websites

Etymology: Refresh; Alcoholism

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: əpwāt

Sentence: Paul has to constantly upwait his fave web pages. He has made a rule for himself that he must upwait at least for a count of 3 between clicks. He*s found that he can count to 3 very fast. Who has a new status on Facebook? Who is ahead in the pillow fight? Who has tweeted? Did they say something about him? He has to know.

Etymology: update (make something more modern or up to date) wait (stay where one is or delay action until a particular time or until something else happens)

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ek lik tik

Sentence: her habits were most eclicktic

Etymology: click tic eclectic

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COMMENTS:

ecellent - Nosila, 2009-11-16: 23:00:00

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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: hooterbug

Pronunciation: \ˈmīs\ets-

Sentence: Martha had a full on case of micettes as she waited impatiently on a page view of her newly loaded Match.com profile.

Etymology: Combination of MICE + Tourettes (a familial neurological disorder of variable expression that is characterized by recurrent involuntary tics involving body movements (as eye blinks or grimaces) and vocalizations (as grunts or utterance of inappropriate words), often has one or more associated conditions (as obsessive-compulsive disorder), is more common in males than females, and usually has an onset in childhood and often stabilizes or ameliorates in adulthood

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: Kur soree now

Sentence: Cursorrynow? Cursorrynow? Whose mouse is aching, From over-refreshing and how! Who's sad and blue From all that on-line shopping, whew! Wait till your Visa bill comes to you. Right to the end, you'll be in debt, and have to work till you're dead. We tried to warn you somehow... You've had your way Now you must pay E-Bay We're glad that you're cursorrynow!

Etymology: Cursor ((computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving the cursor allows the user to point to commands or screen positions) & Sorry (having regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone) & Now (this minute)...Play on old Connie Francis tune: Who's Sorry Now? (Sorry, Connie)

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Oh, great -- now this tune will be with me all day. - mrskellyscl, 2009-11-16: 07:13:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kur sor ree

Sentence: Leonard was in such a hurry to see if his on-line introduction service had found him a perfect match, he checked his e-mail & texts about a hundred times every hour. He did it so much, that his thumb went numb. He ended up being cursorry when the service finally wrote back to give him the bad news..."We are cursorry, but we have been unable to find an ideal match for you...someone who has a lot in common with you. In fact, we have never had a math/physics whiz, who lived in her parent's basement, does not work or go to school, does not enjoy showering or bathing, eats pizza three times a day and besides a large comic book collection, enjoys tarantulas, farting contests with loser friends and watches Big Bang Theory all day long. It was a big surprise to us as well..."

Etymology: Cursor ((computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving the cursor allows the user to point to commands or screen positions) & Cursory(hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough)& Sorry(feeling or expressing sorrow, regret or pity)

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