Verboticisms

Created by: kellii3

Pronunciation: fin-in-able-y

Sentence: mr.travers was one of the few sufferers of fininabley who needed constant help finding things.

Etymology: fin-(find) inable-(inability) y-(coz it sounds better)

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COMMENTS:

woo i like this word lots - kellii3, 2007-07-24: 14:47:00

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Created by: irminem

Pronunciation: dys-goo-gli-ah

Sentence: Chris suffers from dysgooglia; he is unable to perform any basic task that does not involve the use of the computer to assist him.

Etymology: dys- from dysfunctional + googlia- from google

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Created by: KristinA

Pronunciation: sigh-burr-space-E

Sentence: Since being diagniosed as cyberspacy, John has begun riding his bike to work because keys are "too much responsibility." He's also given up on the sock thing and only wears sandals. Even then, he's been seen barefoot, one shoe in-hand and searching for the other.

Etymology: "cyber" for the tech dependency + "spacey" for the absentmindedness, also the play on "cyberspace"

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COMMENTS:

Is that Kevin Spacey's brother? - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-19: 12:41:00

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Created by: geoamnesia

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I hit another 404 today, looking for my socks, and wished Google could just tag and file my laundry.

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

Could you use your word in the (or a) sentence? Thx! - scrawlspacer, 2007-07-21: 19:25:00

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: dis-TRO-vent

Sentence: Every morning was the same for his family. His tie was not in the wardrobe where put it, one of his socks was missing and the lunch he had definitely put in his briefcase a moment ago was no longer there. He was distrovent-but wouldn't admit it!

Etymology: Dis (OFr)-"lack of", trov (Anglo-Fr)-"found" & -ent a suffix forming adjective from nouns or verbs.

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Created by: halimay

Pronunciation: mor-g-in-obb-set

Sentence: Oops! I Morginobbset my sock again!!

Etymology: Come Again?

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Created by: leaffan001

Pronunciation: gu-gol-o-shis

Sentence: Dependance on search sites.

Etymology: From the web site google.

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COMMENTS:

Good Word - leaffan001, 2007-07-19: 19:39:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: yaaaa wheyr

Sentence: he could google it ask jeeves it and yahoo it, but he just couldn't yawhere it. So he made a donation to Saint Anthony via paypal, and lo and behold, it was down the back of the couch, even though it wasn't there the last time he checked.

Etymology: yahoo, ya who, ya where

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: loo + s

Sentence: Jon felt like such a loser beause he was a loowwwser. He realised that he had put six pairs of contact lenses in both of his eyes again, layering and layering day after day....

Etymology: to lose + www (as in world wide web)

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: In + ter + nut + ee

Sentence: I'd probably be able to find my keys if I could go online and search for them... I guess I'm a bit internutty.

Etymology: internet + nutty

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