DEFINITION: v. To obsess over, and fantasize about electronic gadgets even though you can never figure out how they actually work. n. A beautiful but useless gadget.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Inflappuation: /in flap u ay shun/ When he saw her pink electronic device, Kenny had an attack of inflappuation. Like a magpie obsessed with shiny things, he was attracted to all things from cyber space. So bemused was he that he failed to notice Wendy’s “device” was actually her container of Secret deodorant. That is why it is strong enough for a man, but made for a woman! Etymology: Infatuation (an object of extravagant short-lived passion) & App (short for application…a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task) Created by: Nosila.
Technilogigoof: /tek-neh-LODJ-eh-gewf/ Roger fancied himself to be very hip on evolving technology but he was, in fact, a technilogigoof, harboring much misinformation and many misperceptions, among them believing that RAM is a Dodge truck and an IPad a medical dressing used in eye injuries. Etymology: Blend of the words ‘technology’ (n. the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life) and ‘goof’ (n. a foolish or stupid person) Created by: Mustang.
Comments on Technilogigoof:
Rhyme79, 2012-10-01: 11:17:00
Haha! I love your sentence today Mustang. 🙂
Guessmo: /guess-moe/ To Jimmy anything with a seemingly random stream of letters and numbers after its name is a guessmo. The new iFadpad 7X37tz comes with a free firewall and is a shiny thing of beauty. But Jimmy didn’t know if he could talk to his mum with it or if he was supposed to attach it to his wall and let it download the internet into his brain. Maybe it was just a fire alarm. Etymology: A play on the word ‘gizmo’. Having to guess at the function of a gadget due to a lack of technological knowledge. Created by: Rhyme79.
Nerdbrain: /nurd-breyn/ John has to have every new device or gadget that hits the market. The only problem is he is such a nerdbrain that he can barely figure out how to open the package much less than make it work. The good thing is that he has pristine items to trade in or re-sell when the new one comes out. Etymology: nerd (stupid or ridiculous person ) + birdbrain (a stupid, foolish, or scatterbrained person) Created by: artr.
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