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'Quit clicking on me. Use F5!'

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.

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Webberneck

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: WEB-ber-nek

Sentence: Roxie feared that if Bob continued to be such an obsessive webberneck, staring curiously and inquisitively whilst clicking frequently from webpage to webpage, he soon would become emouseculated.

Etymology: WEBBER: a user of the WWW; an internet user & NECK (as in rubberneck);straining one's neck to watch, checkout what's going on; gawk. EMOUSECULATE: Lose one's webrility or E-potency.

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COMMENTS:

love it! - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-18: 10:47:00

Great word! - Mustang, 2008-07-18: 18:33:00

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Webdexiety

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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Micettes

hooterbug

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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Refreshaclickmania

Created by: brightetes8

Pronunciation: (ree-fresh-uh-klik-may-nee-uh)(NOUN)

Sentence: His refreshaclickmania led him to wasted hours on the same web page.

Etymology: refresh as in reloading a web page + a -a pronoun + click as in the most common action used on a computer mouse + mania as in a obsessive disorder that is compulsive and sometimes leads to hysteria.

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Clickisensoria

anniki

Created by: anniki

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Repeticlick

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: reh - PET - uh - clik

Sentence: Having several windows constantly open on his computer, Morton would compulsively repeticlick, jumping from window to window refreshing Verbotomy standings, his news and financial pages, Yahoo Sports pages, the Drudgereport and checking for responses on his MySpace page.

Etymology: Blend of 'repetitive' (pertaining to or characterized by repetition) and 'Click'

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COMMENTS:

great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-18: 10:49:00

Terrific. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-20: 07:10:00

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Missadateaphobia

Created by: scottrobot

Pronunciation: miss-a-date-a-fo-bee-a

Sentence: Sam had Missadateaphobia because he feared that he would miss an update on his favorite website.

Etymology:

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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:

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

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Currentica

Created by: thefreewheeler

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Pam, get an RSS reader or learn to deal with not having the latest news--your currentica is bugging me.

Etymology: from adj. 'current' : latest avaialble.

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Refreshoholism

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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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-30: 00:01:19
Today's definition was suggested by pinwheel.
Thank you pinwheel! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-30: 01:26:00
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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-11-16: 00:03:00
Today's definition was suggested by pinwheel. Thank you pinwheel. ~ James