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DEFINITION: A technological innovation that doesn't work as expected because "normal people" can't figure out how to use it.
Verboticisms
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Technolocheese
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: tek-nall-oh-cheez
Sentence: I was sucked in by another infomercial and ended up with a $50 piece of technolocheese.
Etymology: technology, cheese (as in cheesy, chintzy)
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COMMENTS:
Very Gouda! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-14: 10:43:00
cheez whiz purple - this is tough but how's this for your Friday jingle - I goudave danced all night - I goudave danced all night and stilton begged for more... - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-14: 10:45:00
Aw cheese, now I'm hungry AND have a show tune stuck in my head! - purpleartichokes, 2007-09-14: 10:50:00
Pretty cheesy, but I'm a sucker for Cheesies while screwing up my computer so I can certainly relate and vote for your word!!! - Stevenson0, 2007-09-14: 12:50:00
Sounds like she paid a mozza, Ella, for that technolocheese. Reggie Arno is a sucker for these kinds of things too.
Don't roquefort, don't roquefort baby. Don't roquefort, don't dip the ricotta. - petaj, 2007-09-15: 01:29:00
That often happens to me too Purp. But don't tell me "cheese and kisses!" - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-15: 18:48:00
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Painvention
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: pain + ven + shun
Sentence: This fancy-new phone is supposed to do everything, but it's such a painvention that I can't figure out how to make it do anything.
Etymology: pain + invention
Mystech
Created by: jayre
Pronunciation: MIS-tech
Sentence: A mystech happened when the company replaced all the keyed door entries with numeric PIN pads.
Etymology: mystery + technology + misstep
Wrecknology
Created by: chalkdrinker
Pronunciation: rek-nall-oh-jee
Sentence: if it's such a great piece of wrecknology, why is the manual over 200 pages?
Etymology: Wreck, technology
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-14: 12:34:00
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Noverwhelm
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: no-Ver-welm
Sentence: When a packet of "smart dust", along with an instructional manual to rival "War and Peace," arrived at Bob's home he thought that he was about to be at the forefront of technological innovation. But after an hour of technolunacy trying to figure out how to apply the dust to make his house environmentally friendly, Bob started banging his avanthard head against a wall. Finally, reluctantly and noverwhelmed, he switched the vacuum cleaner on, and started sucking up this technoxious nanotechinanity.
Etymology: Blend of Nov(L):new & overwhelm: render helpless
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COMMENTS:
I really like nanotechnicanity - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-14: 12:53:00
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Glitechnovation
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: gli-tek-noh-vay-shun
Sentence: The entire process in learning the new phone system soon became an exercise in patience. The obvious glitechnovation made her want to stick pins in her eyes.
Etymology: glitch + techno combined
Frustvation
Created by: jousakkem
Pronunciation:
Sentence: It's just an other frustvation to help our life.
Etymology:
Unworkything
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Why can“t people create normal things and not such unworkythings.
Etymology:
Hardwhere
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: hard-ware
Sentence: A gazillion pieces of hardwhere had been shifted in the Christmas shopping spree. By 10.00am the next shopping day, the support lines were jammed by callers trying to work out how the coaxial cable was supposed to connect to the 12 pin outlet behind the doodad.
Etymology: hardware + hard (difficult) + where (as in where the heck does this cable go?)
Misnology
Created by: skeeterzirra
Pronunciation: miss now loh zhe
Sentence: He said that it is foolproof, but that he underestimated the inventiveness of fools, but only one ubergeek has managed to figure it out.
Etymology: Mistaken technology
Comments:
enatefox - 2007-09-17: 11:01:00
neurotypicalastize