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DEFINITION: n. A person who engages themselves in several different communication channels at the same time, without paying attention to any of them v. To constantly switch your focus between cellphone calls, text messages, emails, and anything else that beeps.
Verboticisms
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Macaroami
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: mac/a/rome/ee
Sentence: Being the proud owner of a MacBook, an ipod and an iphone her brain became so confused that she stuck a feather in her cap and became a Macaroami!!
Etymology: mac + roam + macaroni
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COMMENTS:
Delightful! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-28: 09:41:00
I like it! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-28: 15:30:00
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Obliveeoh
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Oh Bliv-E-Oh
Sentence: Cellsie Techoholic was so obliveeoh to the obstacles in front of her!
Etymology: Oblivious ~ Play on word and Oh! ~ To not be aware of or concerned about what is happening around or in front of yourself.
Polycommotic
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: POL e com OT ic
Sentence: Twenty minutes into their ride to the airport, when Loudon had not been able to complete a sentence in his conversation with Blanche due to her efforts to juggle two phone conversations and an IM session, while also listening to her Garman voice nav system, he realized she was a polycommotic.
Etymology: greek, "polys," many, + communicate +otic, as in hypnotic, neurotic and psycotic
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COMMENTS:
I hope they didn't make her shut off her phone on the plane. Going cold turkey like that could be hazardous for everyone. Good word! - yellowbird, 2008-02-28: 12:07:00
Poly sure needs a lot more than a cracker to talk now! Unique and clever blending of some very choice words! Exceptional! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-28: 12:43:00
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Multitascatterbrain
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: mul-teh-task-SKAT-ehr-brane
Sentence: Muriel is an absolute mutltitascatterbrain, constantly engaged in texting her friends, monitoring her email, updating her blog page, doing her makeup, talking on the phone and watching soaps thru the day and remembering little of what she'd seen, heard or said.
Etymology: Blend of multitask and scatterbrain
Gadgeddiction
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: gajədikshən
Sentence: Jill’s gadgeddiction worried even her the other morning when she woke and found her iPad, iPod and iPhone having a conversation without her. It didn’t upset her quite so much that it happened but that she was left out.
Etymology: gadget (a small mechanical device or tool) + addiction (physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance)
Scandialus
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: skan dye lus
Sentence: Her behaviour was scandialous, scanning every dial within sight, texting with both hands while steering with her chest.
Etymology: scandalous, scan, dial.
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COMMENTS:
Great dialect! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-28: 09:32:00
very funny galway - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-28: 12:43:00
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Techstracter
Created by: orcasellen
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I was too techstracted to get any work done.
Etymology:
Transmissionary
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: trans mish shun aree
Sentence: Julie was incapabale of going anywhere without being plugged in electronically to the rest of the universe. She was a true tranmissionary, spreading the word of multitasking communications to the rest of the world. The only problem was that Julia's real fix was not in reaching others to chat, but simply training her fingers to fly over keys as fast as she could. But Julia...do it in your home, not in your car! Hang up and drive!
Etymology: Transmission (the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted;an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted;communication by means of transmitted signals) & Missionary (someone sent on a mission, especially a religious or charitable mission
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COMMENTS:
I loved the "missionary" part. Makes me think of a prior definition from two weeks ago (see: "coitentious") :-) - XMbIPb, 2010-05-11: 18:44:00
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Https
Created by: squarishtriangle
Pronunciation: aitch-tea-tea-pea-ess
Sentence: She finally came to admitting her addiction and convinced herself to see a therapist about her long suffering from the modern day pandemic HTTPS, online of course.
Etymology: Acronym for Hyper Text, Type and Phone Syndrome
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by magillo. Thank you magillo. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-02-28: 10:05:00
Fun definition! It's and inboxed knock out!
silveryaspen - 2008-02-28: 10:11:00
That should be ... an ... not and ... in my comment above! This is what happens when my fingertips think they can override my brain!
Today's definition was suggested by magillo. Thank you magillo. ~ James
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