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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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Tecknowledgeme
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: teck-noll-idj-me
Sentence: i am now putting in my sentence to contextualize tecknowledgeme having just completed the pronunciation...which i think went quite well... and after i've done this i'm going to do the etymology..
Etymology: technology, acknowledge me
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COMMENTS:
brilliant sentence! - sunny09, 2007-04-11: 22:51:00
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Manecdotal
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: man/ik/doh/tal
Sentence: A manecdotal person never tires of listening to their own accounts of their own life.
Etymology: manic + anecdotal
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COMMENTS:
MANECDOTAL is very good...kind of intuitive and rolloffatistic. - metrohumanx, 2008-06-17: 14:28:00
like it - galwaywegian, 2008-06-17: 18:43:00
Good one! - Nosila, 2008-06-17: 22:52:00
Excellent - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-19: 05:53:00
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Obcell
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ob/cell
Sentence: Jenny would obcell with her best friend about every detail of her life. However, with the new all-you-can-talk plan on her phone, Jenny became totally obcelled, letting everyone know everything she did. This obcellsive behavoiur drove Joe, her boyfriend, to purchase the call display and call block features for his phone.
Etymology: OBCELL - verb - from - TO OBSESS (to dominate the thoughts, feelings, or desires of a person - in this case herself) + CELL ( as in phone)
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COMMENTS:
Ha! Hilarious! - lumina, 2008-06-17: 10:41:00
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Pompoulog
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: pomp-o-log
Sentence: She felt the need to POMPOULOG me all day-by cellphone,email and telepathy. Pat POMPOULOGGED everyone on her address book. She's very thorough. I don't care about your trivial life. Stop this compulsive POMPOULOGGING now.
Etymology: POMPOUS-An inflated opinion of one's importance LOG- To record or document chronologically.
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COMMENTS:
I thought this word was easier to pronounce when reading on the fly. - metrohumanx, 2008-06-17: 14:15:00
I think pompoulog has a great rhythm to it - bookowl, 2008-06-17: 15:44:00
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Communarrate
Created by: davedave
Pronunciation: /kəˈmyunnæreɪt/
Sentence: My sister communarrated all night about how she wanted to change her hair part.
Etymology: communicate < Latin 'commūnicātus' (past part. of commūnicāre) to impart, make common + narrate < Latin 'narrātus' (past part. of narrāre) to relate, tell, say
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COMMENTS:
talk about splitting hairs! - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-17: 05:59:00
I like COMMUNARATE. I think a successful word should be pronounceable on the first go...
cleverness must be secondary. - metrohumanx, 2008-06-17: 14:23:00
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Egaboregrate
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ee/gab/or/grate)
Sentence: With the invention of facebook and mobile camera phones, Sally could egaboregrate ad nauseum, with pictures included, about every minute of her self consumed existence.
Etymology: e (as in email) + gab + grate (annoy) + bore + elaborate ( to express in great detail)
Chronicletwopointoverkill
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: chronicle-2-point-O-verkill
Sentence: Twittering, blogging masses are frittering away their first lives with chronicletwopointoverkill. "Now I'm just logging into Second Life", "must blog this, my fingernail just broke in the keyboard" etc. etc.
Etymology: chronicle + 2.0 (from web2.0) + overkill
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COMMENTS:
Tune in tomorrow for Detail of 2 Geocities. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-11: 06:43:00
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Technoblab
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: TEK-no-blab
Sentence: The woman in front of me at the curry stand was so busy technoblabbing about buying curry that I finally had to tell her to hang up and pay the man. "Some guy just told me to hang up and pay", she continued, oblivious.
Etymology: techno (logy) + blab (run off at the mouth)
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