Verboticism: Banalcast
DEFINITION: v. To compulsively describe, in excruciating detail, the minute events of one's everyday life as it happens; especially when assisted by modern information technology systems. n. A person who feels compelled to "share" every detail of their life, with everyone.
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Yackberry
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: yak-bair-eee
Sentence: Sue is such a yackberry that she felt the need to call and tell me how many licks it was taking to get the the center of her tootsie pop.
Etymology: yack, blackberry
Communarrate
Created by: davedave
Pronunciation: /kəˈmyunnæreɪt/
Sentence: My sister communarrated all night about how she wanted to change her hair part.
Etymology: communicate < Latin 'commūnicātus' (past part. of commūnicāre) to impart, make common + narrate < Latin 'narrātus' (past part. of narrāre) to relate, tell, say
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COMMENTS:
talk about splitting hairs! - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-17: 05:59:00
I like COMMUNARATE. I think a successful word should be pronounceable on the first go... cleverness must be secondary. - metrohumanx, 2008-06-17: 14:23:00
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Manecdotal
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: man/ik/doh/tal
Sentence: A manecdotal person never tires of listening to their own accounts of their own life.
Etymology: manic + anecdotal
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COMMENTS:
MANECDOTAL is very good...kind of intuitive and rolloffatistic. - metrohumanx, 2008-06-17: 14:28:00
like it - galwaywegian, 2008-06-17: 18:43:00
Good one! - Nosila, 2008-06-17: 22:52:00
Excellent - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-19: 05:53:00
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Blomit
Created by: CanMon
Pronunciation:
Sentence: You can tell when Susan has had a million insignificant things occur in her day--her laptop is covered in blomit.
Etymology: Combination of vomit and blog.
Technomumble
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: tech-no-mum-ble
Sentence: Dave heard Jills technomumble coming from the office as she spoke her actions, trying to load programs on the computer.
Etymology: technology/mumble
Technobiograph
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: tehk-noh-BYE-oh-graf
Sentence: Alex technobiographed the assembly of his four-course meal whilst Jenny silently snoozed on the other end of the line.
Etymology: techno- + biograph(y)
Nanarrate
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: nan'ə-rāt'
Sentence: Hearing Joyce nanarrate the removal of her toe jam, ear wax and naval lint for 45 minutes left Todd with a numb cell-phone ear and an urge to smack someone.
Etymology: nano, prefix for billionth, used to describe technology on the microscopic, even molecular, level; narrate, to tell or relate.
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COMMENTS:
Clever bend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-18: 06:46:00
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Nonsensicall
Created by: Johnnymac123
Pronunciation: non sense e call
Sentence: I recieved another nonsensicall from james today.
Etymology:
Techtrite
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: tek-tryte
Sentence: If cell phones never existed, neither would techtrite. Theirs is a symbiotic relationship. Most techtriters are proud and therefore speak very loud on their cell phones so everyone can hear them.
Etymology: technology + trite