DEFINITION: v. To be so dependent on computers and other gadgets, that you cannot communicate or even think without them. n. A person who cannot communicate, or even think, without using an electronic device.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Dumbphoned: /dum foned/ After leaving his phone at the bar last night Doug couldn’t even call his own mother. He was completely dumbphoned, Etymology: dumbfounded + phone Created by: Koekbroer.
Cellshocked: /sell-shockt/ Katie was a terminal cellshocker. Sadly, her boyfriend had resorted to texting her immediately after sex to confirm her satisfaction. Etymology: Cell – phone network. Shocked – acute physical or mental disturbance/state of confusion. Created by: fabdiva.
Eddiction: /ee dikt shun/ Ed had such a strong eddiction to things electronic, he could not talk to a pretty girl in front of him. He had to get her e-mail or text address or facebook address before he could ask her out. He was the original cybernaught. Etymology: ed-electronic device & addiction (dependency) Created by: Nosila.
Ethetic: /ee-thet-ik/ When it comes to personal communications Wendall is ethetic. If he can’t email, text, IM or tweet he can’t communicate. Most of his “friends” don’t even know what his voice sounds like. Etymology: e (electronic) + pathetic (causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable) Created by: artr2.
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