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irritection 

A state of extreme irritation caused by malfunctioning technology.
Alex felt such irritection she opened the window and threw her computer as far as she could. She smiled her first smile of the day when she heard the sound of its obliterating crash onto the sidewalk six stories down.

When she feels irritection, her lips tighten, her eyes get buggy, and she mutters some phrase with the word pecker in it.

Theo felt intense irritection after spending three fruitless hours trying to sync his iPod with his new Blackberry.
irritection by Doe Ray July 30, 2009
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irritech 

The quality of irritation caused by malfunctioning technology.

It's a modern phenomenon, a vexing emotional state brought on in the era of cellphones, iPods, laptops, and the need for four remotes when watching television.

Otherwise good and easygoing people morph into wickedness, profanity and despair when they enter the wired darkness that descends when they feel irriteched.
Sam was irriteched when his files failed to download onto his iPhone.

The new accounting program at work is so poorly designed it can irritech even the biggest geek.

It was irriteching as hell when the Blue Screen of Death appeared on my laptop just as I was about to show some producers the film clip of my new documentary.
irritech by Doe Ray July 30, 2009

irritext 

the action of irritating someone over text messages.
"How many more messages are you going to send about this? You're starting to seriously irritext me'"
irritext by NrDiBurn December 6, 2015

irritexting 

When some is irritating you by text. Sending to many text messages, or anything that irritate over text.
" Dude, this guy keeps texting me over these tickets he needs I can't chill. Man tell him to stop irritexting you!"
irritexting by NrDiBurn December 6, 2015

irriterate 

Irriterate - {Ear-it-er-ate}:
1) To verbally repeat something to the point of irritation in the listener.
2) To conduct an action so many times that the recipient or observer becomes irritated.

Origin: Irritate + Reiterate
1) Caroline irriterated to Chris that she was almost ready to go.

2) Brett started to get angry as Sarah irriterated that she was bored.
irriterate by Longknife21 February 13, 2012

irriteresting 

Irritating and (usually after awhile) interesting.
The paradox you mentioned is really irriteresting.
irriteresting by MagnusW December 13, 2014