http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php Verboticisms: The latest invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers for today's Verbotomy comic and create-a-word challenge en-us Fri, 3 Feb 2012 4:04:08 EST Fri, 3 Feb 2012 4:04:08 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Verbotomy.com help@verbotomy.com help@verbotomy.com http://www.verbotomy.com/verbotomy.php?jid=preapproved DEFINITION: v. To offer pre-approved credit, loans or sweepstake prizes in order to lock the some poor sucker into permanent usury. n. Junk mail, spam or telemarketing offers for pre-approved credit and loans. help@verbotomy.com Fri, 3 Feb 2012 4:04:08 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verbotomy.php?jid=preapproved http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22110 Failout: /feylout/ SENTENCE:.Denise was excited to get another "special" credit card offer. How could she turn it down? She was pre-approved. One more piece of plastic, one more failout... ETYMOLOGY: fail (to fall short of success) + bailout (an instance of coming to the rescue, especially financially) CREATED BY: artr2. help@verbotomy.com (artr2) Fri, 3 Feb 2012 3:51:25 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22110 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22109 Fakehoped: /fake-hoped/ SENTENCE:.I have been fakehoped into a credit card last year, now Im stuck in debts. ETYMOLOGY: CREATED BY: kitkat1995. help@verbotomy.com (kitkat1995) Fri, 3 Feb 2012 2:13:39 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22109 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22108 Abusury: /ab yuz yuree/ SENTENCE:.The real reason that there is a world monetary crisis is because of the abusury of banks, lenders, credit companies and insurers. All those "introductory low interest or interest-free" credit cards and lines of credit were the bait used to lure the innocent consumers into financial ruin! They are the credit crystal-meth designed to addict and enslave. ETYMOLOGY: Abuse (treat badly;change the inherent purpose or function of something) & Usury (an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest) CREATED BY: Nosila. help@verbotomy.com (Nosila) Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:48:19 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22108 http://www.verbotomy.com/verbotomy.php?jid=update DEFINITION: v. A software update or patch which uses up a ton of memory and hard drive space, stalling the computer with a crippling case of performance anxiety. n. To stall out a computer by installing a software "upgrade". help@verbotomy.com Thu, 2 Feb 2012 1:00:01 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verbotomy.php?jid=update http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22107 Scupperdate: /Scup-per-date/ SENTENCE:.n. My computer went into meltdown last night after that Windows scupperdate started by itself. v. Windows started scupperdating my laptop last night because I left it to restart by mistake. ETYMOLOGY: Scupper + update = scupperdate CREATED BY: muffinman. help@verbotomy.com (muffinman) Thu, 2 Feb 2012 2:08:48 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22107 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22106 Giveupdate: /Giv-up-day-t/ SENTENCE:.Johnny left for lunch early as his workstation wasn't usable while it was giveupdating. ETYMOLOGY: give-up (to concede,relent) and update (to bring in line, to improve) CREATED BY: Negatrev. help@verbotomy.com (Negatrev) Thu, 2 Feb 2012 9:33:57 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22106 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22105 Adopeytablet: /Ah : dope : ee : tab : let/ SENTENCE:.It was no flash in the pan, Kernal Panic thought as he looked blankly at the draped screen on his new Adopeytablet. The last time this happened they told me it would be the last time this happened, so the Kernals recursion relationship with technology trundled on. I guess that's some kinda feedback loop or loop-the-loop. ETYMOLOGY: A : indefinite article : Dopey : drugged up or slow dwarf : Tablet : Pill, may be screened (6 letters). Pun on Adobe : A byword for nightmareish yet essential software, bring a tonne of RAM. CREATED BY: scrabbelicious. help@verbotomy.com (scrabbelicious) Thu, 2 Feb 2012 9:29:37 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22105 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22104 Upstallation: /like installation, with up at the beginning./ SENTENCE:."watch out man, that Starcraft patch gave me some major upstallation" ETYMOLOGY: CREATED BY: BitCrack. help@verbotomy.com (BitCrack) Thu, 2 Feb 2012 7:06:40 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22104 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22103 Upgreyed: /up graeed/ SENTENCE:.the upgrade upgreyed ETYMOLOGY: upgrade greyed out CREATED BY: galwaywegian. help@verbotomy.com (galwaywegian) Thu, 2 Feb 2012 5:10:39 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22103 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22102 Upgrate: /uhpgreyt/ SENTENCE:.When the start-up chime on your computer sounds more like fingernails on a chalkboard, it might be an indication that the the latest upgrate isn't operating in quite the way it was expected to. ETYMOLOGY: upgrade (to incorporate new or more accurate information) + grate (to scrape or rub with rough or noisy friction) CREATED BY: artr2. help@verbotomy.com (artr2) Thu, 2 Feb 2012 3:59:20 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22102 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22101 Vaiogra: /vai ou gra/ SENTENCE:.Minnie knew she had used too much vaiogra to upgrade her computer's performance. It had been more than four hours since she had not been able to turn off the computer and so it was now time to head to the PC emergency ward, before her terminal became terminal. ETYMOLOGY: Vaio ( a sub-brand used for many of Sony's computer products. Originally an acronym of Video Audio Integrated Operation, this was amended to Visual Audio Intelligent Organizer in 20080 & Viagra (virility drug (trade name Viagra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men) CREATED BY: Nosila. help@verbotomy.com (Nosila) Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:55:05 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22101