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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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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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Elone
Created by: stvspl
Pronunciation: EE-low-n
Sentence: Paula thought she had so many friends, but in actuality, she was elone.
Etymology: e- (prefix for computerish things) + alone (what digitally immersed people are)
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COMMENTS:
Well done! - geoamnesia, 2007-05-08: 18:51:00
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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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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)
Microselfed
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: my - kro - selfd
Sentence: Jed was a difficult person to carry on a conversation with. He was so microselfed that he only imagined himself. He felt only truly alive as an avatar and ceased to belive in real friends; only imaginary ones sufficed now. In those few minutes that he did "look up" from his laptop, all we saw was a blank stare and no recognition that he knew who we were either.
Etymology: micro (microcomputer, Microsoft, self
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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Interweblah
Created by: playdohheart
Pronunciation: in-ter-web-blah
Sentence: Wikipedia is a huge time suck. You start off looking up useful information and four hours of interweblah later and you've ended up extensively editing an article about kitten foot warmers.
Etymology: interweb + blah
Blogtied
Created by: hooterbug
Pronunciation: blôg'tahyd
Sentence: Sally's mom was getting a wee bit tired of tripping on the laptop power cord while vacuuming around her blogtied, couch potato of a daughter.
Etymology: Combination of BLOG (an abridgment of the term web log) is a website, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. + HOGTIE (To restrict the activity or free movement of)
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-08: 13:29:00
BLOGTIED is excellent.
Fun to say. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-08: 15:50:00
Wish I'd thought of it first. - Mustang, 2008-07-08: 21:12:00
Funny & fantastic - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-09: 03:30:00
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Cybermired
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SY-ber-myrd
Sentence: For the last couple years Linda has been absolutely cybermired, deeply immersed in communication on the internet thru Twitter, Facebook, and public forums, as well as being heavily involved in texting on her cellphone.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'cyber' (a combining form meaning “computer,” “computer network,” or “virtual reality,”) and 'Mired' (mire v.tr. To hinder, entrap, or entangle as if in mire)
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