Verboticism: Cyberfathom
DEFINITION: v., To grasp the meaning of muddled texts like blog posts, emails and text messages where standard grammatical or spelling conventions have been ignored. n., The ability to read and understand confused or poorly written messages.
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Jumbleguya
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: jum/bl/gi/a
Sentence: The new boss seemed to have his own language when it came to texting. At first everyone was nervous. It wasn't until someone made a call down to the mailroom where Simon the jumbleguya worked. He could unscramble eggs.
Etymology: play on Jambalaya
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COMMENTS:
Twenty lashes with a wet noodle, Lumina. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-14: 02:34:00
Youch! (mix of Yummy and Ouch) :) - lumina, 2008-10-14: 10:04:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-14: 13:20:00
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Getabyte
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: get-a-bite
Sentence: Tess thought she could multitask, but alas, as with so many people, she was not as good as she thought. She would send frequent getabytes to her friends, her husband and the random work contact who was unfortunately positioned at the top of her contact list. While those close to her were able to interpret her getabytes correctly, her colleague could never figure out if Tess was hitting on him or trying to turn him into her personal concierge. Either way, he wasn't into her.
Etymology: To "get" as in both to receive and to understand+ "byte" as in the increment of data, combined to sound like gigabyte or another of the many byte words they make up these days.
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COMMENTS:
Yes, we have the technology...we just don't know how to use it correctly! - Nosila, 2008-10-14: 20:10:00
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Jumblreader
Created by: emilylind
Pronunciation: Say jumble then reader
Sentence: He's a amazing jumblreader !
Etymology:
Decryptatext
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: de-cryp-ta-text
Sentence: Jason could easily decryptatext his boss' practically unreadable messages.
Etymology: de(undo) crypt (hidden message) text (words)
Dialext
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: di-a-leh-xt
Sentence: "OMG" never flashed through Kimberly's mind the way it flashed through the fingers of her niece, Destiny on the popular social networking site, facespace. Having joined in order to seal her place as the cool aunt, she had been frustrated by her inability to understand the dialext. LOL did not mean "lots of love" nor did MILTF mean "My independent life that's full" and this lead to many misunderstandings.
Etymology: dialect (language specific to a group or region) + text (hint: you're reading it)
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COMMENTS:
vg - Nosila, 2010-03-11: 22:49:00
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Slatextition
Created by: garythesnail
Pronunciation: Slu-text-i-zhion
Sentence: When her husband sent her an IM, Jane said 'What is this?' Her husband said I have slatextion. It says: Get eggs, coffee and milk at the store, please.
Etymology: Slang+text+suffix "ition"
Texhume
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: tex/hume
Sentence: His job was to texhume cryptic messages that had been buried in emails.
Etymology: text + exhume
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COMMENTS:
K-rad ! c u l8r - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-15: 17:37:00
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Dyslexicon
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: diss leks ik ohn
Sentence: he was a walking dyslexicon, the sweet spell of success.
Etymology: dyslexic lexicon
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COMMENTS:
The dyslexicon in your sentence is a noun. - buffalocargo, 2015-08-21: 09:03:00
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Deleeted
Created by: QuantumMechanic
Pronunciation: dee lee' ted
Sentence: I deleeted Joe's text: he's driving and texting again.
Etymology: de (undo, as a process) + leet (from l33t)
Secretalent
Created by: perkolady
Pronunciation: sec-ra-TAL-ent
Sentence: "Hmm, forward that message to Sylvia--she's got amazing secretalent."
Etymology: From your standard secretary, nurse, or other aid-giving person's miraculous ability to read their superiors' chickenscratch.