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DEFINITION: v. To be so immersed in a virtual world that you forget about your responsibilities to the physical world -- like your job, your family, or even feeding and washing yourself. n. A person who lives exclusively in their imagination.
Verboticisms
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Imagaddict
Created by: grahaff
Pronunciation: i maj ad dikt
Sentence: I am sick and tired off looking in through the window and seeing you imagaddicting while I enjoy the sun outside.
Etymology: imagination (the faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses) + addict (a person who is obsessed with something in particular)
Sluttern
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: slut-turn
Sentence: Sally was so long-engrossed in her Second Life supermodel avatar she was slousy with mites, slovenly and insolvent. No one would dare to date the sluttern in her real life.
Etymology: slattern + slut (both of which mean a slovenly, untidy woman) + SL (Second Life)
Cybermerse
Created by: mjmlabs
Pronunciation: sigh-ber-MERS
Sentence: I wanted to get a bunch of chores done last weekend, but I wound up cybermersing for 53 hours instead; what day is this?
Etymology: cyber- + immerse (simple, really)
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COMMENTS:
Nice use of the 'merse'! - Stevenson0, 2007-05-08: 21:07:00
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Technohermit
Created by: heb319
Pronunciation: tek no her mit
Sentence: Marie had been a technohermit since her last break up. For weeks she sat on her couch playing games on facebook, yet refused to answer her phone, leave her house, or take a shower.
Etymology: techno = technology hermit
Virtrance
Created by: greytellie
Pronunciation: ver-transs
Sentence: I found myself completely virtranced by the charm of on-line communities.
Etymology: Vir...for virtual and trance...a state of complete mental absorption or deep musing
Egnore
Created by: benjamin
Pronunciation: eeg-nore
Sentence: When I tried to ask my girlfriend out to dinner she egnored me, but at least she sent me a message on face book telling me to log on ICQ that night so we could chat.
Etymology: e (prefix for things digital or electronic) + ignore
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COMMENTS:
Good word! - Stevenson0, 2007-05-08: 21:16:00
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Ingrossed
Created by: mana1066
Pronunciation: in growst
Sentence: The only thing that remover her from her igrossed state was the tingling pain on her ass bone from sitting too long. and then, she oud just stand up
Etymology: internet+ engrossed
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COMMENTS:
i know it's a real word already! but it works, right? - mana1066, 2007-05-08: 22:45:00
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Virteener
Created by: brucee10
Pronunciation: vir - teen - er
Sentence: The virteener's natural habitat is uninhabital by humans. Even his mother is afraid to enter her own basement.
Etymology: Virtual + Teenage + Slacker
Realignore
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ɹiˌæləɡˈnɔːɹ/ /rE-'a-l&g-'nor/
Sentence: Those who realignore their physical lives need to realize that their corporeal bodies are a lot like virtual pets and require frequent attention; in many cases the problem becomes substance neglect.
Etymology: From reality + ignore
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COMMENTS:
The most overlooked word of the day! Good one!! - Stevenson0, 2007-05-08: 21:21:00
Thanks. I like "substance neglect" better, but it's not a verb, and it's two words. - ErWenn, 2007-05-09: 00:26:00
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Hypnetized
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: hip-net-ized
Sentence: Bob got hypnetized by Youtube for 8 hours straight. Later, his wife had to use WD40 to peel his butt from the vinyl chair.
Etymology: hypnotized, net
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COMMENTS:
Bob got hypnetized by Youtube for 8 hours straight. Later, his wife had to use WD40 to peel his butt from the vinyl chair. - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-08: 04:33:00
Obviously, I'm suffering from sleep depverbation. - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-08: 04:36:00
very hyp - galwaywegian, 2007-05-08: 07:43:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was inspired by Cory Doctorow's short story "Anda's Game" which is published in Overclocked. It was also suggested by HubbMU.
Thank you Cory and HubbMU! ~ James
Weeklink rants again and uncovers a few lost words from last week's verbacious verbuttle. Read: The Cup of Verbotomy, Part Deux.
HubbMU - 2007-05-08: 10:08:00
Thanks for using my definition!
Thank you HubbMu. It's a great definition. A lot of people can relate to it -- especially if they are gamers or bloggers. ~ James
purpleartichokes - 2007-05-08: 12:52:00
Great to see all the new Verbotomists!
ECLUSIONIST is pretty good.
Today's definition was suggested by doctorow. Thank you doctorow. ~ James
cybersloth - 2010-01-02: 06:40:00
I would like to rebut your comments on the definition of cybersloth seen here (http://www.verbotomy.com/verbottle.php?jargonism_id=6790). 'cybersloth' is methodical and accurate, knows what move to make but it may take time. Not the friend of the impatient. From a theological view point I feel that you are free to think what you will about any subject; however you must be careful because all actions have consequences. Luckily I am not easily offended. I believe that I am not the only cybersloth, I may be the only one that is spelt exclusively with all lower case. By the way, I don’t use social networking sites and spend more time working on local resources both ‘hard’ and ‘soft’, if this does not make sense to you………. cybersloth. 02-01-2010