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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.
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Mousessive
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: mous - sess - iv
Sentence: Clyde had become mousessive. He went through 34 mice this year because he could not stop checking his facebook, three email accounts and verbotomy every five minutes, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year.
Etymology: mouse, obsessive
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COMMENTS:
mousexcess - Nosila, 2009-11-17: 01:55:00
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Refreshomania
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")
Cursorrynow
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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COMMENTS:
Oh, great -- now this tune will be with me all day. - mrskellyscl, 2009-11-16: 07:13:00
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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:
Webblinking
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:
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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Eclicktical
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: ee/clik/ti/cal
Sentence: A truly eclicktical personality orbits the mouse pad constantly, clicking as he does so.
Etymology: click + ecliptical (circular path)
Eclicktic
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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Clickymouseania
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Clik-ee-mous-ay-nia
Sentence: Jo unfortunately sufferered from an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, which led to her constantly checking and rechecking things. Last month it was seeing if the gas cooker had been left on, this month she had developed clickymouseania with the button on her laptop, she felt compelled to refresh every page she went to just to check the status. She spent so much time doing this that she hardly looked at any of the webpages she was on.
Etymology: Click (an act of pressing one of the buttons on a computer mouse) + Mouse (a small hand held device which controls cursor movements on a computer screen) + Mania (Mental illness marked by periods of overactivity, an obsession) = Clickymouseania
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-18: 10:48:00
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Thank you pinwheel! ~ James
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Today's definition was suggested by pinwheel. Thank you pinwheel. ~ James