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DEFINITION: v. To compulsively describe, in excruciating detail, the minute events of one's everyday life as it happens; especially when assisted by modern information technology systems. n. A person who feels compelled to "share" every detail of their life, with everyone.
Verboticisms
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Cybore
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: CYber+BORE
Sentence: Sometimes I wish we did not have all these high-tech connections, especially when she cybores me with some inane blow-by-blow in unbearable high-def detail.
Etymology: CYber+BORE
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COMMENTS:
I like it...simple and concise! - Nosila, 2008-06-17: 22:47:00
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Psychoblogosis
Created by: PythianHabenero
Pronunciation: sik-o-blog-o-sis
Sentence: Julia suffered from severe psychoblogosis and was unable to eat a meal or see a pretty butterfly without informing the Internet immediately.
Etymology: psychoneurosis + blog, with help from, well, the individual meanings of "psycho" and "-osis".
Autogossip
Created by: tbAG84
Pronunciation: or-tow-goss-ip
Sentence: If you tweet about brushing your teeth and again about flossing you may just be an autogossip.
Etymology: auto- to do yourself gossip- to painstakingly and prolifically recount of intimate details.
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COMMENTS:
You shouldn't auto be one! Good word. - Nosila, 2009-10-29: 00:38:00
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Pettscribe
Created by: sunny09
Pronunciation: pett-scribe
Sentence: I started screening my calls to avoid my friend calling hourly to pettscribe her doings, only to discover she now sends her pettscriptions to my inbox.
Etymology: petty + describe
Diaryhhea
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dya ree ya
Sentence: Dahlia talked on the phone all day about nothing. But then with the advent of the Internet...she carried her blethering unto the rest of the world. The trivial details of her boring life were best expressed on her blog, called "Dahlia Diaryhhea". Her mental constipation also included poor spelling. The one thing positive thing was that Dahlia Diaryhhea made others appreciate how exciting their own lives were by comparison.
Etymology: Diary (daily bog or log of one's activities, no matter how trivial) & Diarrhea (runny bowels; also verbal diarrhea is when people talk way too much...they run on and on).
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COMMENTS:
funny and clever - mweinmann, 2009-10-29: 08:54:00
Good one - karenanne, 2009-10-30: 09:35:00
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Mohbile
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: mow byle
Sentence: if he heard any mohbile from her and her mobile she was going to require a nu-bile.
Etymology: more bile, mobile
Epicdemic
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: epic/dem/ic
Sentence: She was stricken by the deadly epicdemic that compelled her to constantly think of herself as the only real person on the planet - everyone else was a fictional prop to her story
Etymology: epic + epidemic
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COMMENTS:
I thought I was the only real person. Maybe she's from a different planet... - wordmeister, 2007-04-11: 07:48:00
haven't you ever wondered why skin sometimes feels like paper - yikes!! -been reading too much Jasper Fforde - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-11: 09:01:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Alchemist.
Thank you Alchemist! ~ James
lumina - 2008-06-17: 10:39:00
Funny!
lumina - 2008-06-17: 10:40:00
Great! Love it!
MANECDOTAL is very good...kind of intuitive and rolloffatistic.
MONOTOLOG is another classic. Simple yet funny.
Today's definition was suggested by Alchemist. Thank you Alchemist. ~ James