We finally got an iPad, and I love every swiping moment I spend with it. So easy, intuitive, and fun.
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| My kids love it too; note the charger plugged in? They play til it’s dead. |
While I was reading the very sparse instructions that came with my new favorite device, I found this:
“The iPad screen has been treated with an oleophobic substance to resist the oil from your fingers. Clean gently with a damp cloth.”
Oleophobic? “What a great word!” I cried out at 10pm. My husband responded with a muffled “Put the iPad down and go to bed,” from his pillow. He wasn’t impressed, but I’m sure you are.
This word is so new (Apple is so hip), that I had to construct a definition from information in Webster’s.
oleophobic: \’ō-lē-ō-‘fo-bik\ adj; from Latin oleum – fat/oil + French phobique, Latin phobus – aversion: lacking affinity for oil
Word Nerd Workout: Let’s try something different this week. We are creative and hip people; I challenge you to make your own new word using the suffix “phobic.” In the comments below, list the word, its definition, and then use it in a sentence. For example:
Bieberphobic: someone who has an aversion to the sound of Justin Bieber’s music.
Fortunately, my ten year old daughter is a bieberphobic like me.
Your turn! Leave your creation in the comments. Thanks for stopping by!
I have “Minajaphobia” – a fear of Nicki Minaj.
And “GaGaphobia” – I think everybody has a little of that.
Yes, I agree about the GaGa. I’ve only heard hub bub from other mothers about Nicki Minaj. Guess I’d better do some investigations.
Haha! I can see the scene now. Hmmmm…word challenge. I’m actually Kindlephobic, but I know this must change and probably sooner than later. Maybe I’m also hipophobic, as in resistant to anything hip, not hippos 🙂
Thanks for creating not one but two new words! I understand the Kindlephobia, but I don’t think eReaders are going away. Love the “hipophobic”! You’d better change before your kids turn into adolescents!
You are lucky to have a child who is Bieberphobic. lol
We share the same birthday, my Bieberphobia takes on an extra pained connection. Everytime I see him on anything I cry because he’s rich and I’m not. lol
Too funny Shelley! Yes, I consider myself fortunate that my daughter has not fallen under his spell. It doesn’t seem fair that one so young should have so much money!
I still love my iPad, but I touched something wrong on the screen and accidentally deleted “Crazedmom’s” comment. She said: “I love and I have bieberphobic.”
Thanks for stopping by!