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DEFINITION: n. A person who engages themselves in several different communication channels at the same time, without paying attention to any of them v. To constantly switch your focus between cellphone calls, text messages, emails, and anything else that beeps.
Verboticisms
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Multispacing
Created by: freestyle
Pronunciation: Noun: multispacer
Sentence: "I can't believe Gary spends every day multispacing with his laptop, cell phone, video game console and web tv setup." -- "Yeah, he generally can't even tell you any specific thing he's done in the last week!" -- "He's such a multispacer!"
Etymology: multitasking - spacing out
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COMMENTS:
Fits the definition spectacularly! Truly great creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-28: 12:52:00
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Multipodophreniac
Created by: doseydotes
Pronunciation: ˈməl-tˈī-ˈpäd-ə-ˈfre-nē-ˌak
Sentence: Martha is such a multipodophreniac that she's begun driving with her knees so she can operate three electronic devices at one time.
Etymology: Multi, from Latin, multus - meaning much, many; ipod, from Apple, ipodia - meaning overpriced teen impulse purchase; schizophrenia, New Latin, meaning totally freakin' crazy; and maniac, Late Latin, from maniacal - a driver more reckless than I am.
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COMMENTS:
A very humerous etymology, I must say. - stache, 2008-02-28: 11:27:00
Chuckles and kudos for your intriguing creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-28: 12:38:00
nice - galwaywegian, 2008-02-28: 14:48:00
Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-28: 15:31:00
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Phonectic
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: Phone hectic
Sentence: Jan was so enamoured of electronic communication she had mastered the art of talking on one phone, txting on another whilst reading her email and driving a car. Unfortunately this had rendered both her quality of speech and attention span rather short. She had become phonectic
Etymology: Phone: voice communication tool. Hectic: too fast, too soon. Phonetic: say it like it is
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COMMENTS:
AAAAh, the age of computers...no one can spell, without spellcheck; no one can formulate a sentence without grammarcheck and no one can add or substract without built in calculator...pretty soon all our cerebral functions will be replaced by machinery...HG Wells was waaaaay ahead of his time! - Nosila, 2008-12-13: 00:08:00
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Miscelloony
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /MIS-uh-loo-nee/
Sentence: Sporting two regular cell phones, a Blackberry, a PDA and an iPhone, Tammy carried more miscellaneous gizmos than Inspector Gadget, but when they all started beeping and ringing at once, while she was driving, trying to program her GPS navigator and tune her satellite radio at the same time, she turned into a complete miscelloony, ran over two curbs, and nearly had a nervous breakdown.
Etymology: Miscellany - a miscellaneous collection of items (from Latin, miscellānea) [also, mis- prefix meaning "incorrectly" & cell as in "cell phone"] + Loony - foolish or crazy (slang for lunatic; insanity influenced by the lunar cycle; from Latin, luna "moon")
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COMMENTS:
Another good word. - ErWenn, 2008-02-28: 09:30:00
Perhaps we need to give her a padded cell! Marvelous! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-28: 09:40:00
Very clever! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-28: 15:33:00
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Thumbling
Created by: apolloedge
Pronunciation: thum bling
Sentence: Rhonda was so tired from working her gadgets all day that by five o'clock she was thumbling so badly that she broke up with her boss, fired her mother, and ordered Chinese all at the same time.
Etymology: thumb: attached to your hand + bling: as in fumbling and stumbling
Churf
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: churf
Sentence: Switcheroo Sam was doing a net surf on his lap top, with his Ipod in his left ear, and his cell phone to his right ear, text messaging on the cell phone he borrowed from his sister, with one eye on his tv, while he used his toe to switch channels on his CB radio, as his police scanner hummed in the background. He was a grand master of the churf!
Etymology: CH for Channeling, u for you, and urf for surf = CHURF ... meaning CHANNELING YOUrself while YOU SURF among your electronic devices. Does churfing make a person a churf serf (slave to their electronic devices), too?
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COMMENTS:
Good one - Mustang, 2008-12-13: 01:32:00
Need a short word: you provided a top one. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-13: 16:17:00
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Digiac
Created by: ddove60
Pronunciation: dij-i-ak
Sentence: "Did you see that digiac?" my wife exclaimed as I dodged the car that abruptly switched into my lane, "Trying to drive with two cell phones, and wearing an iPod?"
Etymology: digital + maniac
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COMMENTS:
Dig-it-all! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-28: 09:21:00
Elegant in its compactness. Nice job. - stache, 2008-02-28: 10:39:00
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Taberdatloyopupu
Created by: timlumber1
Pronunciation: tay-ber-dat-loy-o-poo-poo
Sentence: Her brain was thinking three different ways at once like a ancient taberdatloyopupu,in a underground cavern
Etymology: There is no etymology, the word is a complicated metamorphal!
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COMMENTS:
STEP RIGHT UP LADIES AND GENTELMAN AND VOTE FOR ME! - timlumber1, 2008-12-14: 00:47:00
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Roboblipper
Created by: youngerway
Pronunciation: rəʊbɒblɪpə(r)
Sentence: Beth is definitely a roboblipper. She's always pressing buttons not knowin what tha hell she's doing. She tries to switch channels with her blackberry at least twice a day.
Etymology: robot (person who works without thinking) + blip
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COMMENTS:
Sometimes we all fall to roboblipping ... this will keep me chuckling every time I do it. Funtastic word. - silveryaspen, 2008-12-12: 12:14:00
clever blend - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-13: 16:19:00
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Multitaskaddled
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: mull-tee-task-ADD-uld
Sentence: Louise typically spends most of her waking hours trying to keep up with her favorite soap operas, texting with friends, participating in chat rooms, playing text twist and free cell and has become totally multitaskaddled, befuddled, confused and not actually completing or comprehending any of those tasks.
Etymology: Blend of 'multitask' (perform more than one task at the same time) and 'addled' (mentally confused; muddled)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by magillo. Thank you magillo. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-02-28: 10:05:00
Fun definition! It's and inboxed knock out!
silveryaspen - 2008-02-28: 10:11:00
That should be ... an ... not and ... in my comment above! This is what happens when my fingertips think they can override my brain!
Today's definition was suggested by magillo. Thank you magillo. ~ James
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