{"id":1290,"date":"2011-09-05T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2011-09-05T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2011-09-05T16:00:06","slug":"digiaddiction-but-i-was-just-double-clicking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1290","title":{"rendered":"Digiaddiction: But I was just double-clicking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.,<\/em> The anger and frustration that grows out of an unsatisfying, unfulfilling or unpredictable relationship one has with an electronic device, especially a computer. <em>v. intr.,<\/em> To be trapped in a passive-aggressive, codependency with a computer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/device.gif\" alt=\"But I was just double-clicking\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Digiaddiction<\/strong>:  \/<em>di jee a dick shun<\/em>\/ Despite attending 30 meetings in 30 days, Suzy&#8217;s digiaddiction took over after one day at work w\/ Nancy, a well know digi-enabler. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  digi-digital<br \/>\naddiction <em>Created by:<\/em> heb319.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Diskontent<\/strong>:  \/<em>dis kon tent<\/em>\/ Brandy&#8217;s relationship with her computer was like her history with men. She experienced the same diskontent when they got a virus, lost their memory, their drive,became floppy and could no longer server. That was when she gave them the boot, because their relationship was terminal. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Disk ((computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored) &amp; Discontent (a longing for something better than the present situation) <\/p>\n<p> <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Codedependence<\/strong>:  \/<em>k\u00c5\u008ddd\u00c9\u2122pend\u00c9\u2122ns\u00c4\u201c<\/em>\/ \u00e2\u20ac\u009dI love you. I hate you. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to trash you. I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t survive without you.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This codedependence is enough to drive Tim crazy. He says he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to get away from his e-vices but sleeps with his smart phone clutched tightly in his fist. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  code (program instructions) + codependence (excessive emotional or psychological reliance) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=device\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=device<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative, <\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: n., The anger and frustration that grows out of an unsatisfying, unfulfilling or unpredictable relationship one has with an electronic device, especially a computer. v. intr., To be trapped in a passive-aggressive, codependency with a computer. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Digiaddiction: \/di jee a dick shun\/ Despite attending 30 meetings &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1290\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Digiaddiction: But I was just double-clicking<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,83,82,93,84,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}