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'I'm sorry can you repeat that? '

DEFINITION: A technological innovation that doesn't work as expected because "normal people" can't figure out how to use it.

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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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Good one! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-14: 12:34:00

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Technobscure

MrDave2176

Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: tek-NOB-skyur

Sentence: Will 's VCR constantly blinked 12:00 because it was too technobscure for him to change. Besides, he kind of liked the way it blinked in time to the music.

Etymology: Tech + Nob (elite) + Obscure

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Unworkything

Created by: StigAllan

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Why can“t people create normal things and not such unworkythings.

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Featurd

Created by: VersaVice

Pronunciation: fee-terd

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Etymology: feature + turd

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Crapparatus

Created by: Scrumpy

Pronunciation: krap-uh-rat-us

Sentence: The new toaster was such a piece of crapparatus that we couldn't even figure out where to put the toast in.

Etymology: crap + apparatus

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COMMENTS:

great! - galwaywegian, 2007-09-14: 07:28:00

that's fun to say. I'm going to adopt this into my daily lexicon. - younger, 2007-09-14: 09:30:00

very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-14: 10:16:00

Love it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-09-14: 10:50:00

Hilarious. Voting now. - ScrabbledEgg, 2007-09-14: 23:41:00

I toast you: great word. But remember toast is the strangest of all foods: it is eaten in the morning and drunk at night! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-15: 18:27:00

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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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Frustvation

Created by: jousakkem

Pronunciation:

Sentence: It's just an other frustvation to help our life.

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Windowsvista

Created by: graypenguin

Pronunciation: win-doze-vis-ta

Sentence: He was so happy to get his new PC only to realize that it had windows vista on it and it crashed 4 timed and installed 100 updates before he could use it.

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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

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Supporthosed

Created by: gplowell

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

This one cracks me up! - ScrabbledEgg, 2007-09-14: 23:43:00

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enatefox - 2007-09-17: 11:01:00
neurotypicalastize