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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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Permajacked
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: PUR-mah-jakd
Sentence: Man, ever since Troy got his high-speed cable, he's been permajacked into World of Warcraft. He THINKS he's an elf paladin, but he smells like an ogre...
Etymology: permanent, jacked
Eblivious
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ee bliv ee us
Sentence: Joanie become so addicted to her computer, that she became eblivious to everyone and everything else around her. Between her e-mails, surfing the Net, playing games, shopping online, ordering food electronically, competing on her daily Verbotomy site, gambling on-line, doing surveys and writing her own blog about the life she used to lead as a human, she had no time for anything else. Not only did she let her personal hygiene and appearance lapse, she was developing rectangular eyeballs and callouses on her fingertips from clicking and dragging all day and night. What would become of her when they shut off her e-lectricity and she had to face the real world once again? Oh, Joanie, how your eblivion has cost you...
Etymology: e - (shortcut prefix for electronic) & oblivious - (unaware of or paying no attention to somebody or something; forgetting about somebody or something)
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COMMENTS:
Best of the day! - Mustang, 2008-07-08: 21:11:00
Another great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-09: 03:32:00
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Laptoplivion
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lap top liv ee an
Sentence: Megan Hertz lives her life in laptoplivion, totally removed from the realities of daily life. She lives in the fantasy realm of the Internet and loses herself there for hours, even days at a time. She neglects herself and subsides on a daily diet of bytes of Apple, cookies, nybbles, Spam, Mac & GEOS, washed down with Java and Port. Her poor diet is ruining her memory and if she does not watch it, she will end up with a deadly virus.
Etymology: Laptop (a portable computer small enough to use in your lap) & Oblivion (the state of being disregarded or forgotten; total forgetfulness)
Ecivilated
Created by: jrinka
Pronunciation: e-civil-ated
Sentence: He's been ecivilated for months now.
Etymology: electronic, civilization
Dellusional
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: del loo shun al
Sentence: Fern was obsessed with being online 24/7. She never went outside nor did traditional social meets. All her relationships and schooling were online, not based in reality. In fact she had become very dellusional of late and only a major power cut would bring her back to reality!
Etymology: Dell (Computer company founded by Michael Dell in 1984) & Delusional (suffering from or characterized by delusions)
Digintrance
Created by: whatley
Pronunciation: Di-jin-trance
Sentence: JP sat digintranced by the game, his eyes glazed over and dully staring at a monitor surrounded by cigarette butts, Mountain Dew cans, and filth.
Etymology: From Eng. Entranced by the Digital. 1993. Growing availability of digital cable and high grade cannabis in the early 1990s entranced America with hundreds of new channels of mindless programming.
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
Emmersed
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ee-murst
Sentence: Between her smart phone, tablet and laptop, Suzy is completely emmersed. Last month her friends had to tweat her to remind her to go to her wedding.
Etymology: e: electronic - immersed: plunged or sunk in or as if in a liquid
Cyberecluse
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sībərekloōs
Sentence: Graduating from high school has not been a good thing for Julie. Sure, she will be heading off to college soon but for now she has become a cyberecluse. Her Facebook account is the most active thing in her life.
Etymology: cyber (of, relating to, or characteristic of the culture of computers, information technology) + recluse (a person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people)
Virmit
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: VERM-IT
Sentence: With the advent of the 286PC and the low-speed dialup, Roscoe had become a VIRMIT in his own home, letting the junk mail build up as he explored the infinite realm of the World-Wide Waste. Clearly, his life was CURSORED.
Etymology: VIRtual+herMIT
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COMMENTS:
No points for spelling - metrohumanx, 2008-07-08: 16:08:00
Awww- nobody likes my VERMIT. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-10: 21:01:00
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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