DEFINITION: v. To engage in conversation while using a technical device, like a TV or computer, to keep you sharp, in case the discussion gets dull. n. A two-way conversation which is technically one-sided.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Gadchat: /gaj-chat/ Tim was inseparable from his gadgets. He could not put them down, even to talk to his nearest and dearest. As a result of bitter experience, his family would try to impart important information only during gaps in the gadchat (channel changes, game loading). Yet Tim invariably forgot – or never knew – much of what he had been told. Etymology: gad (to move restlessly or aimlessly from one place to another) + chat. Wordplay on ‘gadget’. Created by: Carla.
Oneversation: /won ver say shun/ Sally knew that a conversation with Leonard was impossible due to his dependence on tecnical toys, so it would have to be another oneversation. They no longer had exchanges, they had x-boxchanges. They didn’t dialogue, they monologued. Even their lovelife was virtual…virtually non-existant. She needed a real man to fill the droid-void of her present partner. Maybe she should try e-harmony??? Etymology: One (single, alone) & Conversation (the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.)
Created by: Nosila.
Nonversation: /nänvÉ™rsÄshÉ™n/ If Bill is on the computer or the TV is on Sally can count on a lively nonversation. Etymology: non (not) + conversation (the informal exchange of ideas by spoken words) Created by: artr.
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