Verboticism: Getabyte
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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Qwerky
Created by: hooterbug
Pronunciation: kwûr'kē
Sentence: Fortunately I have one of the new QWERKY keypads on my Crackberry that will decipher whatever I'm texting incorrectly and change it to intelligible English before it is sent. Nothing is worse than poor KEYBONICS!!!!
Etymology: From the proper QWERTY keypad and of course..please practice correct KEYBONICS
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COMMENTS:
Who can qwibble with a word like that? - Nosila, 2008-10-14: 20:16:00
Good one, H-bug! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-17: 12:19:00
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Babelolfishcate
Created by: solocard
Pronunciation: bayb-lol-fish-cayt
Sentence: Even though Jimmy was adamant that his texts were easily understood, it took a while before his parents were able to babelolfishcate his messages.
Etymology: From the term "Babel Fish", mixed with internet speak. Other usages include Babelwtfish.
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COMMENTS:
Got give a vote for a HGTTG reference - petaj, 2007-11-16: 06:51:00
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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)
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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Leeterate
Created by: badsnudge
Pronunciation: ˈlēt-ə-rət
Sentence: "OMG! ure rly noobi5h. lkjlkjlkj" wrote the daughter to her father, which may have otherwise resulted in hurt feelings, but fortunatly, the father was not leeterate (also l33t3r8), and had no idea what she meant, and only figured that there must have been something wrong with her or his phone.
Etymology: l33t + literate.
Educe
Created by: verbotomer
Pronunciation: ˈiːˌdjuːs
Sentence: "I educed that he meant, 'see you later' when he sent, 'cUL8rrrr11111!!!'"
Etymology: similar meaning to the original educe, but with the stress on the first syllable, modelled on Internet-related words such as email, ebusiness, etc. It can also be spelled 'e-duce'.
Clearmext
Created by: yaelash
Pronunciation: clear-mext
Sentence: he had very good clearmexting abilities. even when his kid wrote him a note while eating dropping icecream and riding the bike at the same time, he could figure out what was written there.
Etymology: the combination of clear+messy+text, the ability to make a clear text out of a messy one.
Gobbledekook
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: gob-uhl-deh-kook
Sentence: Fenster is an absolute gobbledekook who can instantly decipher the garbled lingo used by those who textmessage and post on blogs and forums.
Etymology: Blend of 'gobbledegook' (language characterized by circumlocution and jargon, usually hard to understand) and 'kook' (an eccentric, strange, or foolish person)
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COMMENTS:
Love that jargon, Mustang!
http://www.pacifier.com/~dkossy/kooksmus.html - metrohumanx, 2008-10-14: 02:33:00
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Geekcoder
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: geek code er
Sentence: Josh could unravel any online message...he was a geekcoder of the top degree. If he had of lived 60 years earlier, he would have been called (The Man Called Incryted`.
Etymology: Geek (nerd, computer whiz) & Coder (someone who can encrypt/decrypt secret messages) Wordplay on Decoder (translater of encrypted messages)
Decyberscate
Created by: dubld
Pronunciation: dee-sigh-burr-skate
Sentence: He had to decyberscate the the cryptic text.
Etymology: De + Cyber/Cypher + Obfuscate
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COMMENTS:
nice - reminds me of rollerball - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-15: 13:01:00
A good'un that's "c" to the "g"! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-15: 17:34:00
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