Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: in flap u ay shun

Sentence: When he saw her pink electronic device, Kenny had an attack of inflappuation. Like a magpie obsessed with shiny things, he was attracted to all things from cyber space. So bemused was he that he failed to notice Wendy's "device" was actually her container of Secret deodorant. That is why it is strong enough for a man, but made for a woman!

Etymology: Infatuation (an object of extravagant short-lived passion) & App (short for application...a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task)

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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: lumina

Pronunciation: i/frod

Sentence: Jolene's excitement lasted about as long as it took for her to pick up Target's new item. Even though she liked to tell herself she shopped at "Tarjay," tonight she had to admit, their new $4.00 music player was nothing but an Ifraud.

Etymology: I-Usually manufactured by Apple but this time Crapple. Fraud: Something intended to deceive.

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COMMENTS:

bigblue lappy 486 or commodore 16 afficionado ? - metrohumanx, 2008-07-25: 02:17:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: giz/bo

Sentence: Joe had one gizbo after another on his desk. He usually bought them from the Dollar Store and they ran on 'AA' batteries, made wonderful sounds, flashed multi-coloured lights and made great conversation pieces, but served no purpose in the real world.

Etymology: GIZBO - noun - from GIZMO (a small specialized mechanical device) + BIMBO (useless, inconsequential, foolish, or stupid)

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COMMENTS:

Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-27: 17:45:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: wouwijit

Sentence: Wendell spends much of his spare time in the wowidget store admiring the newest **gotta haves**. The fact that he doesn*t understand them does little to suppress his awe. He does understand that his vocabulary is being truncated by people who don*t have time for all those pesky syllables. He used to buy applications. Now they are just apps. He used to use a telephone. Now it is just a phone (soon to be a pho or fo?) He also knows that he is quickly running out of mon(ey).

Etymology: wow (expressing astonishment or admiration) + widget (a small gadget or device, esp. one whose name is unknown or unspecified)

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Created by: shutz

Pronunciation: e-i-e-i-o, as in "Old McDonald had a farm"

Sentence: He kept buying eieios, and was running out of room to keep the useless but sexy gadgets.

Etymology: Comes from the recent marketing trend of adding e- and i- previxes to otherwise ordinary names to make them hip, current and modern. Also, the "io" part vaguely relates to "input/output", which is intrinsic aspect of all electronic devices, and can also

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COMMENTS:

eieiooooo or eieioh would work as well! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-04: 13:28:00

You got my vote for originality and creativeness! - Stevenson0, 2007-06-05: 21:43:00

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Created by: Rhyme79

Pronunciation: guess-moe

Sentence: To Jimmy anything with a seemingly random stream of letters and numbers after its name is a guessmo. The new iFadpad 7X37tz comes with a free firewall and is a shiny thing of beauty. But Jimmy didn't know if he could talk to his mum with it or if he was supposed to attach it to his wall and let it download the internet into his brain. Maybe it was just a fire alarm.

Etymology: A play on the word 'gizmo'. Having to guess at the function of a gadget due to a lack of technological knowledge.

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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: 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: 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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