Verboticisms

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: livejuicy

Pronunciation: eye-pod-if-eye

Sentence: I love to ipodify so much, I have to wear a tool belt.

Etymology: ipod + magnify

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ya/ba/da/ba/do/dad

Sentence: Fred kept tripping over his big flat feet every time he encountered a new yabadabadoodad.

Etymology: doodad + yabadabadoo

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COMMENTS:

like the roombstodon, the self guided vacuum pachyderm? *wop wop* it's a livin'. - jadenguy, 2007-06-04: 12:36:00

I'd make a comment about Wilma's vibraptor, but that would be sacrilege. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-04: 13:58:00

You rock. *cough* - Osomatic, 2007-06-04: 17:34:00

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Created by: colapop

Pronunciation: \ˈdü-ˌhi-kē\

Sentence: Alice flashed her doohickey at Todd and he was floored. 'Wow, what is that?' he exclaimed, itching to get his hands on the device. 'No no Mister, don't you dare touch my doohickey until you've read the manual' she cooed.

Etymology: 'Doohickey' first originated in 1914, but seems fit for a revival. It derives from the word 'doodad' (gadget) + 'hickey' (love mark)

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Created by: baldemore

Pronunciation: Tech-no-use-ology

Sentence: I can't figure how to text on this thing. Man, I hate technouseology.

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: thing-a-ma-bah

Sentence: Dave's thingamabawe got him a ton of nifty gadgets that he couldn't work and $10,000 in debt.

Etymology: thingamabob/awe

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COMMENTS:

this works really well with the cartoon - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-04: 11:59:00

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: in/creh/tul/itee

Sentence: he couldn't disguise his incretoolity when he walked down the aisles at Home Depot.

Etymology: incredulity + tool

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Created by: texmom

Pronunciation: e lect o wid jet

Sentence: He bought the $600 red electrowidget as a gift for himself on Father's Day even though he had no clue what it was.

Etymology: electro - run by electricity widget - something non-understandable but useful.

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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: pollyc

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