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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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Gadgeteer
Created by: yellowbird
Pronunciation: gaj-ih-tear
Sentence: Susan was an excellent gadgeteer - she parried her voice mail, riposted to a text message, and engaged in a brief discussion with her mother before turning off her phone and thrusting it into the ice bucket alongside the champagne. She then smiled at her husband and said, "Darling, where were we?"
Etymology: gadget + musketeer
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COMMENTS:
One for all ... ! Exceptional! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-28: 09:17:00
Ooh. I like this word. Reminds me of the Rocketeer. - ErWenn, 2008-02-28: 09:30:00
Very good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-28: 15:32:00
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Twixtmessage
Created by: Banky
Pronunciation: twickst-mess-age
Sentence: The full scope of Darlene's twixtmessaging problems was revealed when she arrived home to find her husband had taken their son to the vet to get neutered, but thankfully their new Dachshund was on time for soccer practice.
Etymology: twixt - Middle English word meaning "between", message - communicated information
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-28: 12:40:00
Dog gone funny! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-28: 13:03:00
Your sentences always make me laugh out loud. Great submission! - Tigger, 2008-02-28: 23:18:00
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Chatchatchat
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: Like the dance - cha cha cha
Sentence: Loquacia's stint on "Dancing with the Stars" was shortlived. She was fully kitted up with Blackberry, iPhone, walkie talkie, and netbook for every rehearsal. Instead of practising the paso doble and the foxtrot, she kept doing the chatchatchat.
Etymology: cha cha cha - an up tempo dance step + chat (communicate)
Phonectic
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: Phone hectic
Sentence: Jan was so enamoured of electronic communication she had mastered the art of talking on one phone, txting on another whilst reading her email and driving a car. Unfortunately this had rendered both her quality of speech and attention span rather short. She had become phonectic
Etymology: Phone: voice communication tool. Hectic: too fast, too soon. Phonetic: say it like it is
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COMMENTS:
AAAAh, the age of computers...no one can spell, without spellcheck; no one can formulate a sentence without grammarcheck and no one can add or substract without built in calculator...pretty soon all our cerebral functions will be replaced by machinery...HG Wells was waaaaay ahead of his time! - Nosila, 2008-12-13: 00:08:00
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Transmissionimpossible
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: trans mishun im poss abbel
Sentence: Tilly Fone was a transmissionimpossible. She/he was also a transvestite transcendentalist. When Tilly was transmissionimpossibling the many messages from his/her transient existence in his/her translucent TransAm transportation, his/her concentration became transparent. As a result, what transpired was a transfer of car insurance information, which was a result of a transonic traffic transaction. The other driver was a transplanted, transnational transvestite, who transmitted his/her transitory interest in Tilly. They translated this interest into true love and took a transoceanic cruise and then a transcontinental train to Transylvania, where they transmogrified themselves into transfigured Transmutants, who treated themselves to nightly transfusions from the local transfixed trolls. This is a transcript of this true story of what transpired from Tilly's text messages.
Etymology: transmission (act of sending a message by transmitting a signal) & Mission Impossible (Your mission, should you decide to accept it...)
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COMMENTS:
Here's a bit of fan mail for your transmissionimpossible show! In-trans-ingly Entrancing! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-28: 09:46:00
"T" for "T"- errific sentence! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-28: 15:38:00
A truly transformational transcription! - Tigger, 2008-02-28: 23:13:00
Cheers...I'm glad this tiny tale transcended your traditional truths! - Nosila, 2008-03-02: 21:54:00
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Electronicdistractiondisorder
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: e-lec-tron-ic dis-trac-tion dis-or-der
Sentence: Kimberly didn't have time to explain to everyone the particulars of her Electronic Distraction Disorder (EDD) because she was too busy updating her face space tweet sheet.
Etymology: electronic + distraction + disorder. Play on Attention Deficit Disorder.
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
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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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:
A dandy doodle, Yankee :-) - emdeejay, 2008-12-12: 11:34:00
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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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