Verboticism: Aclikshun

DEFINITION: n., The anger and frustration that grows out of an unsatisfying, unfulfilling or unpredictable relationship one has with an electronic device, especially a computer. v. intr., To be trapped in a passive-aggressive, codependency with a computer.
Aclikshun
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: əˈclik shən
Sentence: PeeCee has a serious aclikshun. As much as she hates it, she just can't separate herself from her computer. She has given up eating breakfast to play some silly little online word game every morning. She was so aclikted that she has lost the ability to talk to anybody face-to-face. She tried to sign up for a computer-aclikshun class but couldn't get her calendar program to work correctly. Last weekend, while having dinner with her kids, Doc and Giffer, she placed her order by e-mail. Thank goodness for Wi-Fi. She had trouble accepting her divorce from Mac until he sent the papers to her as a .pdf file.
Etymology: addiction (the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity) + click (in computing, an act of pressing a mouse button)+ shun (persistently avoid, ignore, or reject)
Points: 842
Comments: Aclikshun
wayoffcenter - 2008-11-21: 06:46:00
And here I sit clicking and typing. :-)
Jabberwocky - 2008-11-21: 10:15:00
funny
silveryaspen - 2008-11-21: 12:35:00
Delightful creation! I will grin and think of you everytime I use it!
Nosila - 2008-11-21: 23:16:00
Acliktic word!
DaddyNewt - 2008-11-22: 00:09:00
rolls off the tongue