Verboticisms

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: ăbə-kə-stăl'jə

Sentence: "Back in my day, we didn't have to wait for our slide rules to 'boot up!' Bah!" complained Grandpa, waxing abacustalgic, again, about the good ol' days. "And this VCR thingy you hooked up to my TV keeps blinking twelve o'clock ever since I kicked the cord out, and now it won't stop. What a lousy, piece of junk clock that thing is..." and so on.

Etymology: abacus (a manual computing device) + nostalgia (a longing for the past, often in idealized form).

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I like the way this one sounds. - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-08: 08:43:00

So do I - nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-08: 16:24:00

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Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: first-jen-ist

Sentence: Doug hated being labeled a "firstgenist", even though that's exactly what he was, with his old Magnavox LaserDisk player that he was so proud of.

Etymology: first-generation proponent

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: superb + seeded

Sentence: Grumpy old men loved to sit around chatting about the superbseded transport arrangements they enjoyed when the aroma of horse manure lent a romantic ambience to their daily commute.

Etymology: superb + superseded

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Created by: retoricaljoe

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Sentence: You'd better leave out this atarism and buy the xbox kinect stuff...

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Created by: yellowbird

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Sentence: "Pete's ponglonging made him buy that crummy old Amiga at his neighbor's garage sale."

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Created by: idavecook

Pronunciation: Atari+ itis

Sentence: The couple knew they could never spawn any offspring due to their overwhelming Ataritis.

Etymology: Atari-Best Video Game System Ever Itis- when you have some crazy thing goin on..

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Im-adj-in-al-jya

Sentence: During a moment of imaginalgia, Harold recalled the fun he had with his Atari while forgetting just how limited it was compared to his PSIII

Etymology: Imagination + nostalgia

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Created by: jdriii

Pronunciation: nen-TEN-old

Sentence: He was so nintendold that he thinks old stuff is better than new.

Etymology: Blend of Nintendo and Old

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Created by: looseball

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: say/gad/jet

Sentence: As if we would want to, dad constantly reminds us to stay out of his den AND that we are NOT to touch his segadgets. "As if."

Etymology: Sega + Gadget = Segadget

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COMMENTS:

I like it! - Mustang, 2008-10-07: 23:14:00

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