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DEFINITION: n. Obsessive-compulsive rechecking or "refreshing" of an item (especially a webpage) to see if its status has changed; often leads to repetitive mouse-clicking disorder.v. To constantly recheck or refresh your twitter page, or email account.
Verboticisms
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Clickkick
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: KLIHK-kihk
Sentence: Alex's clickkick meant he had to replace his mouth every three months.
Etymology: click + kick (thrill, or addiction)
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COMMENTS:
OY OY OY, that was odd, I meant "mouse", of course. I didn't know I typed with a lisp. :P - mplsbohemian, 2007-04-30: 11:01:00
Hehe! Reminds me of the time I typed Whittier, California with an S instead of a W! - toadstool57, 2007-04-30: 19:09:00
And would you believe I'm changing my first name to Whittier? I'll remember to be careful of that! - mplsbohemian, 2007-04-30: 21:24:00
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Oversite
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)
Multimousing
Created by: billnruth
Pronunciation: multi-mouse-ing
Sentence: John was at it again, the hand going ten to the dozen, multimousing without a thought for the poor mouse. Completely unproductive, known in the office as having a serious dose of the MMs.
Etymology: multi -- meaning many times (lat) mouse -- plastic rodent at the end of a wire or increasingly wireless (OE/mod Am)
Refretish
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ree fret ish
Sentence: he had a serious refretish, especially when he had posted a new word.
Etymology: refresh fetish
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COMMENTS:
nice one - petaj, 2007-05-01: 00:15:00
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Micehockey
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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Micettes
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
Misochronous
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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Anoracksianervosa
Created by: suzanne
Pronunciation: an- or - axe - eea- nerv oh -sa
Sentence: Tom's anoracksianervosa was getting worse. He was now spellchecking word for the day and googling his dog. Apparently he knows where leif Garret is right now.
Etymology: anorack- type of jecket, preferred clothing of those who get obseesed with ther minutiea of technical life.
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like Tom would be good at Verbotomy. - wordmeister, 2007-04-30: 21:24:00
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Autopression
Created by: Ellemorpheus
Pronunciation: Ow-toe-presh-yon
Sentence: His autopression not only got on my nerves, but surved to ensure his computer would freeze often.
Etymology: auto-self press-push/click ion-obsession continuation of action.as in the word obsession.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by pinwheel.
Thank you pinwheel! ~ James
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Today's definition was suggested by pinwheel. Thank you pinwheel. ~ James