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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
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Doohickey
Created by: colapop
Pronunciation: \ˈdü-ˌhi-kē\
Sentence: Alice flashed her doohickey at Todd and he was floored. 'Wow, what is that?' he exclaimed, itching to get his hands on the device. 'No no Mister, don't you dare touch my doohickey until you've read the manual' she cooed.
Etymology: 'Doohickey' first originated in 1914, but seems fit for a revival. It derives from the word 'doodad' (gadget) + 'hickey' (love mark)
Electrogadge
Created by: monkeyx013
Pronunciation: e-lekt-roh-gahj
Sentence: Stick your meta data in my electrogadge!
Etymology: From chimpanzee culture
Gizbo
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: giz/bo
Sentence: His latest gizbo was a beautiful oak stand with a built in light to hold and display his pet rock.
Etymology: gizmo + bimbo
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COMMENTS:
a pet rock concert.. - Nosila, 2009-12-30: 01:52:00
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Preadget
Created by: nbsalomon
Pronunciation: pree-jit
Sentence: Lacey's preadget was hot pink and sparkly, but only a paperweight!
Etymology: pretty+gadget
Whatchamashinything
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: wəchəməshīnēθing
Sentence: Ralph loves his gadgets. Though he hardly knows how to use them, he just has to have the newest whatchamashinything.
Etymology: whatchamacallit (used to refer to a person or thing whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify) + shiny thing (used to express something that is distracting)
Nonowhatitis
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: no know what it is
Sentence: nonowhatitis, is it good?
Etymology:
Gizbo
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: giz/bo
Sentence: His latest gizbo was a beautiful oak stand with a built in light to hold and display his pet rock.
Etymology: gizmo + bimbo
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COMMENTS:
Gotta vote for Gizbo! - texmom, 2007-06-04: 16:52:00
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Thingamabawe
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: thing-a-ma-bah
Sentence: Dave's thingamabawe got him a ton of nifty gadgets that he couldn't work and $10,000 in debt.
Etymology: thingamabob/awe
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COMMENTS:
this works really well with the cartoon - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-04: 11:59:00
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Exquizmo
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: eks kwiz mo
Sentence: On their second Christmas together, you'd think he'd have learned. When she opened the fancy wrapping of her gift, she was blown away by the deep flamingo colour, studded in rhinestones. It looked high-tech, but gorgeous and she tried to guess what was the real purpose of this exquizmo present. He'd selected it himself in a store and thought it was pretty. A few minutes later their warm cozy Christmas morning turned icy when she realized it was a fancy ladies' razor. "Am I really that hairy?" she demanded. Yes, he should have learned after last year's fiasco...when he bought her a fancy new broom and she exploded, "Am I supposed to ride this to work???"
Etymology: Exquisite (of extreme beauty;lavishly elegant and refined;of delicate composition and artistry) & Quiz (What is it?) & Gizmo (a device that is very useful for a particular job;something whose name is either forgotten or not known)
Incretoolity
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: in/creh/tul/itee
Sentence: he couldn't disguise his incretoolity when he walked down the aisles at Home Depot.
Etymology: incredulity + tool
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by shutz. Thank you shutz! ~ James
Read about Jabberwocky's Garden of Verbal Delights in Verbotoweek.
pronunciation: uh-GOG-uh-tek........... sentence:Poor old Ira Gobler was AGOGATECH at his designer's latest device.He was so AGOGATECH that he let the factory's flaccid finances flow into a virtual vat of vapors while he thoughtfully tinkered and tweaked the tin toys and gamboled among the gizmoes generated just beyond the grounded iron gates of the fabrication facility...Someday...he would write an operator's manual...................... etymology: Agog+at+Technology=aGOGatech!
Sometimes my "comments" seem to appear in the wrong places....if only some clever soul would invent a GIZBO to prevent that.
....my brain hurts.....
Today's definition was suggested by shutz. Thank you shutz. ~ James