Verboticisms

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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funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-18: 10:48:00

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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: idavecook

Pronunciation: clique-shay

Sentence: If Marcy's clikche doesn't subside, I am going to have to get out the arsenic. NO, it's for me.

Etymology: Clik + Cliche

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: click + see + uh

Sentence: I have a mild case of clicksia when it comes to my online banking, I check it a good 10 times a day.

Etymology: click + um, diseases that end in "sia."

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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: 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: 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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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: 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)

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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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