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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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Incelligent
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: in/cell/i/gent
Sentence: It takes a sophisticated and incelligent person today to command and control a Blackberry which is a able to act as a computer, phone, emailer, texter, gamer, GPSer, car starter, baby listening device, hair brush, electric shaver, nail filer and make-up mirror all in one and all at the same time while you're driving to work and eating breakfast.
Etymology: cell + intelligent
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COMMENTS:
Beeped all my bells! Ex'cell'ent! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-28: 09:14:00
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Incelligent
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: in/cell/i/gent
Sentence: It takes a sophisticated and incelligent person today to command and control a Blackberry which is a able to act as a computer, phone, emailer, texter, gamer, GPSer, car starter, baby listening device, hair brush, electric shaver, nail filer and make-up mirror all in one and all at the same time while you're driving to work and eating breakfast.
Etymology: INCELLIGENT - from CELL + INTELLIGENT
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COMMENTS:
Truly great create for it incorporates the essence of the brain power involved. - silveryaspen, 2008-12-12: 12:17:00
I like it. - Mustang, 2008-12-13: 01:33:00
Very good. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-13: 16:18:00
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Hertzhop
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: HURTS--hop
Sentence: Roxie often drifted into gormless gizmazement, hertzhopping endlessly from emailing to a silent radio reverie.
Etymology: Blend of HERTZ: from the German physicist Heinrich Hertz. A unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second; it is abbreviated Hz. It is commonly used to specify the frequency of radio waves, and also the clock frequencies in digital computers. His experiments with these electromagnetic waves led to the development of the wireless telegraph and the radio. In the fantastic voyage: From electricity to electronics Heinrich Hertz among others helped in ... micro- electronics, particularly its impact on the computer industry. ... & HOP: to jump from place to place or from thing to thing.
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COMMENTS:
Excellent word, great sentence, based on an exceptional etymology. - silveryaspen, 2008-12-12: 12:13:00
It hurts to hertzhop that much! - Nosila, 2008-12-12: 16:20:00
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Hyperelectrivity
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: hi - per - eel - eck - triv - itee
Sentence: Jesse is a literal whirlwind of hyperelectrivity. I cannot spend much time with her or I start to feel like I am "short-circuiting". She constantly switches between her Blackberry, I-Pod, Portable DVD player and Laptop, not really effectively watching anything, producing anything or even having a conversation. She is the ADD queen of electronics and should be on meds for EDD....
Etymology: This word is a combination of hyperactivity (Constant and excessive movement and motor activity) and electronic (Relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities).
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COMMENTS:
Splendid word. Great last line. - silveryaspen, 2008-12-12: 12:10:00
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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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Communicaptive
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kəmyoōnəkaptiv
Sentence: Mary feels like a communicaptive. She has a Blackberry that she needs for work and a cell that she carries for personal calls, texts & e-mails. If one isn*t beeping at her the other is. Yesterday she finally flipped out and duct taped the two devices together so they could talk to each other while she went skipping down the street like a little girl without a care in the world.
Etymology: communication (the imparting or exchanging of information or news) + captive (a person who has been taken prisoner)
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COMMENTS:
communicaptivating word! - Nosila, 2010-05-11: 23:46:00
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Technocomoron
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Tek-no-com-or-on
Sentence: With the increased use of texting and short-form message systems, the proper forms of writing and spelling are becoming extinct and creating a generation of technocomorons
Etymology: Techno- Derived from technological developments. / Com- Short form of communications / Moron - the younger generation
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COMMENTS:
You are quite write! (Yet, I can't help wondering if some good might come of it ... perhaps it will be an evolution that will unite the many-tongued people of this planet with more and more communication ... leading to less revolution ... and more peace. It certainly has opened windows and doors to a lot of people and places in this world. I'm amazed how prevalent English is as a second language ... and texting the preferred choice as it spreads world-wide. But like you, I'm saddened by the great demise of our proper forms. But if it opens doors and windows all over the world that help lead to better understanding and peace, it will be easier to adjust, in more ways than one. Again, very astute observation ... quite write! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-28: 12:33:00
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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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Electronicdistractiondisorder
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: e-lec-tron-ic dis-trac-tion dis-or-der
Sentence: Kimberly didn't have time to explain to everyone the particulars of her Electronic Distraction Disorder (EDD) because she was too busy updating her face space tweet sheet.
Etymology: electronic + distraction + disorder. Play on Attention Deficit Disorder.
Gadgeddiction
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: gajədikshən
Sentence: Jill’s gadgeddiction worried even her the other morning when she woke and found her iPad, iPod and iPhone having a conversation without her. It didn’t upset her quite so much that it happened but that she was left out.
Etymology: gadget (a small mechanical device or tool) + addiction (physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance)
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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