Verboticisms

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: pain + ven + shun

Sentence: This fancy-new phone is supposed to do everything, but it's such a painvention that I can't figure out how to make it do anything.

Etymology: pain + invention

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: no-Ver-welm

Sentence: When a packet of "smart dust", along with an instructional manual to rival "War and Peace," arrived at Bob's home he thought that he was about to be at the forefront of technological innovation. But after an hour of technolunacy trying to figure out how to apply the dust to make his house environmentally friendly, Bob started banging his avanthard head against a wall. Finally, reluctantly and noverwhelmed, he switched the vacuum cleaner on, and started sucking up this technoxious nanotechinanity.

Etymology: Blend of Nov(L):new & overwhelm: render helpless

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COMMENTS:

I really like nanotechnicanity - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-14: 12:53:00

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Created by: jayre

Pronunciation: MIS-tech

Sentence: A mystech happened when the company replaced all the keyed door entries with numeric PIN pads.

Etymology: mystery + technology + misstep

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Created by: centuryretrotv

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Created by: phonematode

Pronunciation: shu/grin/oh/vay/shun

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Etymology: chagrin + innovation

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COMMENTS:

Good blend. With some good cognates possible such as chagrinnova, chagrinnovati. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-15: 18:35:00

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Created by: frenchprof

Pronunciation: tek cholera

Sentence: Tech Persons infected with techolera have massive logorehea.

Etymology: du vieux francais, bilieux, se faire de la bile.

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Created by: younger

Pronunciation: UN-VEN-SHUN

Sentence: The device caused more headaches than solutions, hence it's nomination for the unvention of the year.

Etymology: Un + Invention More than just the opposite of an invention - in undoes what it is designed to do.

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COMMENTS:

Prefixtion! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-14: 11:02:00

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Created by: graypenguin

Pronunciation: win-doze-vis-ta

Sentence: He was so happy to get his new PC only to realize that it had windows vista on it and it crashed 4 timed and installed 100 updates before he could use it.

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: gli-tek-noh-vay-shun

Sentence: The entire process in learning the new phone system soon became an exercise in patience. The obvious glitechnovation made her want to stick pins in her eyes.

Etymology: glitch + techno combined

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Created by: Hyperion

Pronunciation: In/con/fay/tion.

Sentence: Joe Smith felt immense frustration at the inconfational vehicle, which had mysteriously started to dance and was beginning to serve his neighbours drinks- with him inside. It asked for requests. One, unfortunately, was a giant cocktail. Using its inbuilt mixing system, it began... The interior was waterproof. Joe, however, wasn't.

Etymology: It's a confusing innovation. What's to etymologise?

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