Verboticisms

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: no know what it is

Sentence: nonowhatitis, is it good?

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Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: uh-GOG-uh-tek

Sentence: Irascable Ira Gobler was perpetually AGOGATECH because his boys in R&D were quite prolifically producing a plethora of plastic playthings, electronic exotica, rubber replicas and extremely dangerous yet undeniably appealing appliances. Ira had no idea how they worked,nor did he care. As long as they clicked and buzzed, emanating their eerie electronic inducto-flux, he was more than satisfied- and downright dazzled. In fact, he was constantly AGOGATECH!

Etymology: AGOG-pleasantly mystified+AT+Tech(nology) Please see: http://goblertoys.com/

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COMMENTS:

Very clever. I like it! - Mustang, 2008-07-25: 07:05:00

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: bom - tron - ik

Sentence: Bernice's new bombtronic device failed miserably as a phone or as a browser either. It looked cool, sounded cool but she could not make or receive phone calls or navigate to any web sites. None of the games that came on it worked well either. She just liked to carry it around, show it off and hear all the cool ring tones.

Etymology: bomb (to fail, blow up), electronic

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: Bew-tron-ik

Sentence: Al was in awe of Katie's shiny new beautronic device. To his dismay...it was not something he could compute.

Etymology: Taken in part of the word Beautiful: "Beau" - The concept of beauty. Taken in part of the word Electronic- "Tronic" - Of or pertaining to electronics or to devices, circuits, or systems developed through electronics

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Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: en-ig-tron-nick

Sentence: Mabel spent 2 clueless hours fiddling with her new cell phone before she realized the enigtronic device had to slide open. That was after she broke the phone in two trying to flip in open.

Etymology: enigma + electronic

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: teck-no-id-e-um

Sentence: Billy's dad is so uncool. He's got an iPad and an iPhone and a Blackberry and a Twitter account, but he's never even heard of Angry Birds. He's a total technoideum.

Etymology: techno (short for technology) + no idea (clueless) + idi (incomplete form of idiot) + um (expressing hesitation)

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Created by: serendipity9000

Pronunciation: ga-dja-dw-ee-b

Sentence: He was always buying the latest pretty gadgets but never could get them to work - he is such a gadgedweeb!

Etymology: Gadge (from gadget) + dweeb (a person regarded as socially inept or foolish)

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: giz-mo-shun-uhl

Sentence: Bob became gizmotional and overwhelmed with gadgeglee upon opening his new 10-in-one remote control, until he realized the only button he recognized was "On".

Etymology: gizmo, emotional

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COMMENTS:

very heartfelt purple - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-04: 12:01:00

Good word. - ErWenn, 2007-06-04: 12:09:00

Good thing I didn't add the part about him pushing the down button and crushing the neighbor's cat under their garage door. (flintstones, meet the flintstones... thanks for my current bout of tunacy jabber. grrrrr....) - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-04: 12:13:00

Word of the day. I get so gizmotional, baby... every time I watch Gremlins Two-hoo-hoo. - Clayton, 2007-06-04: 21:45:00

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Created by: monkeyx013

Pronunciation: e-lekt-roh-gahj

Sentence: Stick your meta data in my electrogadge!

Etymology: From chimpanzee culture

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: wəchəməshīnēθing

Sentence: Ralph loves his gadgets. Though he hardly knows how to use them, he just has to have the newest whatchamashinything.

Etymology: whatchamacallit (used to refer to a person or thing whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify) + shiny thing (used to express something that is distracting)

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