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DEFINITION: n., A belief that the contraptions of yesteryear are superior, in almost every way, to modern, present-day technology. v., To wish that the today's technology was just as good as it was in the past.
Verboticisms
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Nosgizmotalgia
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: nos-giz-moh-tal-gee-uh
Sentence: He often had nosgizmotalgic dreams about the toys from his childhood, mainly his KISS army uniform and lawn darts.
Etymology: nostalgia + gizmo
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COMMENTS:
Good Word: I tried to create my word around gizmo but failed! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-08: 16:30:00
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Philconfidence
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Fill-CON-fuh-dense
Sentence: "Black and white televisions left more to the imagination and sparked creativity better than this crap," declared Grampa with philconfidence as he switched off his HDTV in the middle of yet another overbearing pre-paid program for male-enhancement products.
Etymology: Philco: a classic tube-filled electronic device manufacturer + Confidence: the feeling you get when you ignore the fact that the world is rapidly passing you by.
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COMMENTS:
good one - Nosila, 2008-10-07: 22:53:00
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Wistfileness
Created by: libwen
Pronunciation: wist-fyl-ness
Sentence: Bill's dislike of cell phones, iPods, and flash drives were symptoms of his underlying wistfileness.
Etymology: wistfulness (sadness, yearning) + file (computer file)
Classicagraphicalistics
Created by: aiiden
Pronunciation: Classica-graphical-istics
Sentence: The classicagraphicalistics of old school console games are much more easy to understand than most of the newer video games now adays.
Etymology: classical+graphics+statistics
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COMMENTS:
dork - aiiden, 2007-11-08: 10:26:00
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Nostaljunk
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: nästaljəngk
Sentence: Wesley loves his nostaljunk. Thoroughly convinced that the games he grew up with are the best he spends most weekends scouring thrift markets and yard sales to feed his addiction. The fact is he spends so much time looking for controllers, games and consoles that he has little time to play.
Etymology: nostalgia (a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past) + junk (old or discarded articles that are considered useless or of little value)
Technanachronize
Created by: cawnpore
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Granny technanachronized Syphon Filter and went on playing Pacman on my plasma screen...
Etymology: techno+anachronic+ize
Yeterteclovea
Created by: emilylind
Pronunciation: Say " yester " then " tec " and then " love " and " a " .
Sentence: He's such a yesterteclova !
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
You might want to change the spelling of your word. It's much better once you see what you intended. - astorey, 2008-10-07: 11:57:00
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Nestalgia
Created by: Player1
Pronunciation: Ness-tahl-juh
Sentence: Somehow, playing the new Wii only made John feel NEStalgiac.
Etymology: NES + nostalgia
Ardorchaic
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: ar-door-kay-ic
Sentence: Kimberly spent most of her afternoons shuffling through her latest faxes and glancing toward Zinnia with disgust. Zinnia liked to ignore the office listening to her wireless, solar-powered satellite radio headset and Kimberly preferred the textured sound of her Victrola, or when she was especially ardorchaic, a conk shell strapped to her head.
Etymology: Ardor (enthusiasm, strong desire) + Archaic (old, primitive)
Abacustalgia
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: ăbə-kə-stăl'jə
Sentence: "Back in my day, we didn't have to wait for our slide rules to 'boot up!' Bah!" complained Grandpa, waxing abacustalgic, again, about the good ol' days. "And this VCR thingy you hooked up to my TV keeps blinking twelve o'clock ever since I kicked the cord out, and now it won't stop. What a lousy, piece of junk clock that thing is..." and so on.
Etymology: abacus (a manual computing device) + nostalgia (a longing for the past, often in idealized form).
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COMMENTS:
I like the way this one sounds. - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-08: 08:43:00
So do I - nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-08: 16:24:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James'
mplsbohemian - 2007-11-08: 03:52:00
I actually do think Super Mario 3 rocked hardcore.
remistram - 2007-11-08: 09:18:00
Atari was the bomb!
You can actually download a version of Super Mario 3 to play on Wii. The best of both worlds ~ James
cawnpore - 2007-11-12: 21:57:00
Great word, it captures the meaning indeed!
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
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