Verboticisms

Created by: giveaphuk

Pronunciation: badjet

Sentence: she was fascinated by the smooth sleek lines of the otherwise useless badjet

Etymology: badjet - a bad gadget.. something which looks nice but is otherwise useless.

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Created by: hooterbug

Pronunciation: tek /nə / rənt

Sentence: Jamie's Dad couldn't quite understand his daughter. "Why do you need a new Iphone?" "Whats so wrong with the Ipod I got you last year?" "Oh geez DAD!" Jaime whined, "You are SO Technorant!"

Etymology: Blend of Technology and Ignorant

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: nurd-breyn

Sentence: John has to have every new device or gadget that hits the market. The only problem is he is such a nerdbrain that he can barely figure out how to open the package much less than make it work. The good thing is that he has pristine items to trade in or re-sell when the new one comes out.

Etymology: nerd (stupid or ridiculous person ) + birdbrain (a stupid, foolish, or scatterbrained person)

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Created by: mana1066

Pronunciation: tek no hok lick el

Sentence: He was so technohocklical that he would go to the internet cafe and stand over everyones shoulders until he got kicked out.

Etymology: technological + hock(dont know why i liked hock in there- it just felt right)

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Created by: sanssouci

Pronunciation: Pob Ses It

Sentence: "When I saw the new Lenovo Lephone it wasn't a case of I wanted it, it was more like I wanted to pobsessit"

Etymology: Possess + Obsess + It = pobsessit Possess - to have as belonging to one; have as object; own: to possess a house and a car. Obsess - to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him It - the cool gadget

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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: 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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Created by: josje

Pronunciation: no know what it is

Sentence: nonowhatitis, is it good?

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: giz/bo

Sentence: His latest gizbo was a beautiful oak stand with a built in light to hold and display his pet rock.

Etymology: gizmo + bimbo

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COMMENTS:

Gotta vote for Gizbo! - texmom, 2007-06-04: 16:52:00

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Created by: pollyc

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