DEFINITION: n. Obsessive-compulsive rechecking or “refreshing” of an item (especially a webpage) to see if its status has changed; often leads to repetitive mouse-clicking disorder.v. To constantly recheck or refresh your twitter page, or email account.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Compulsorecheck: /com-PULS-er-ee-chek/ Following his usual pattern, Lester accomplished his one hundredth compulsorecheck of his email, his twitter account and his Facebook wall and as usual all rechecks revealed no new entries. Etymology: Blend of compulsory (bound for, fated in near future) and recheck – to check again (check – to make an inquiry, investigation, etc., as for verification) Created by: Mustang.
Oversite: /over syte/ Due to his oversite and excitement on getting a reply, all of the 1200 hits on his singles ad were his own. Etymology: Over (overdo;too much) & Site (a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web)and Wordplay on oversight (an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something) Created by: Nosila.
Clecking: /cuh-leh-king/ “Argh, twitter has given me a real clecking issue!”
“I must have clecked that page a hundred times hoping for an update.” Etymology: An amalgam of the words clicking and checking. Note that re-clecking is grammatically incorrect as clecking intrinsically refers to repeated actions. Created by: Rhyme79.
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