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DEFINITION: n. A social network built on the intertwining connections between the people, ideas and things. v. To communicate through a social network.
Verboticisms
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Webbeing
Created by: suzanne
Pronunciation: web-bee-ung
Sentence: Having him as her teacher profoundly improved her webbeing.
Etymology: web -as in a complex connection of finr material. being - to be/ exist
Affilamentation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: a/fill/a/men/tay/shun
Sentence: Humans form deep affilamentations during their lifetimes, beginning with the umbilical cord and continuing with IPODs.
Etymology: filament (threadlike fiber) + affiliation (association with society)
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COMMENTS:
Great! - TJayzz, 2008-06-26: 08:45:00
I guess we are all tied together somehow! - Nosila, 2008-06-26: 23:28:00
Fantastic. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-27: 17:54:00
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Socialight
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SO-shyl-ite
Sentence: Elsie believed her circle of friends to be the socialight of the times, a useful network wherein all matters relating to everyday life could be resolved or heightened.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'social' and 'light', play on the word 'socialite'.
Connectwork
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: kon - nekt - werk
Sentence: Polly had her family, friends and then there was her connectwork, HelloYou. Polly found a kinship of people there through threads of common interest. She had 25 friends in FarmerTown that she really didn't even know, except that they all liked to plant crops and harvest them.
Etymology: connect, network
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COMMENTS:
connects for me - Nosila, 2009-11-05: 19:51:00
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Gridlink
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: GRID+LINK
Sentence: I enjoy gridlinking with others who have green eyes like me, go out of their way to match their lipstick with the color of their over-size dresses, and who agree with me in terms of general philosophy and the utmost importance of a person's hair.
Etymology: GRID+LINK
Textualattension
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: tekst tuall at ten shun
Sentence: Mimi's main social interactivity was that which she played out everyday by texting, e-mailing and on-line networking with her friends, family and people from long ago and far away who looked her up. She spent so much energy and time doing this, that she failed to allot enough to meet suitable young men. As a result she was lonely and suffered from textualattension. If she lost her communication tools, she would be lost in learning how to connect with real humans. Maybe it was time to contact e-Harmony and let them find her a mate. How the heck did her parents ever meet and marry in the Dark Ages, she wondered...
Etymology: Textual (of or relating to or based on a text...written word used on cell phones, blackberries to communicate and network electronically) & Attention (the work of caring for or attending to someone or something) & Tension (a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense) & Play on Sexual Tension (wink, wink, nod, nod)
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COMMENTS:
I'm a sucker for suggestive terms, I guess. Clever ones too. - javex, 2009-11-05: 22:20:00
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Socirtuality
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: so-sir-tchu-al-i-ty
Sentence: Jenna networked with her friends so much that she developed her very own socirtuality where everthing revolved around her and what she thought and felt. She communicated constantly with her bffs and developed a relationship with a really cute boyfriend -- at least his avatar was cute and he sounded really cute in his texts. She was so busy with her MySpace page, her Facebook page, her tweets and her second life that she forgot about her first life and real relationships. It got so bad that her family had to text her when her grandmother died.
Etymology: society: totality of social relationships among humans + virtual: existing in essence, but not in it's actual form + reality: the quality or state of be actual or true
Mysillyum
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: mi-SIL-e-um
Sentence: Sandra thought by shaving her head and moving to Angola, she could escape her mysillium. Silly Sandra immediately fell in with Burta, a member of her karass, who quickly enrolled her in a new smuggling adventure.
Etymology: mycillium, silly
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COMMENTS:
That's the thing! It doesn't matter where you go, you are always stuck with yourself... - wordmeister, 2007-04-19: 10:06:00
yep. and that sticky stuff is... - Alchemist, 2007-04-19: 12:03:00
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Experiarch
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ex-peer-ee-arch
Sentence: Carol planned to become an author of self-help books and used experiarch as her motif to describe the foundation upon which we can all build. Her first title was to be "The experiarch less trammelled" followed soon after by "The magic of experiarch : building a bridge to your future".
Etymology: experience + arch (in the architectural sense of supporting construction above an opening)
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COMMENTS:
My mind has been opened... Thank you petaj - wordmeister, 2007-04-20: 10:35:00
Sounds like a great series Petaj - maybe The Archies could be featured in them - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-20: 11:26:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
jedijawa - 2007-04-19: 08:29:00
These are tough this week!
Yeah! KV is pushing us up to the next level ~ James
- 2008-04-20: 01:28:00
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Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by vonnegut. Thank you vonnegut. ~ James