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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.
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Webism
Created by: Andradir
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I was so struck by my webism that I forgot that particular date.
Etymology:
Laptrapped
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: lap/trap/ed
Sentence: Jenny was no different from many of her friends, laptrapped and totally emersed and esnared in her virtual world, fingers poised at her keyboard ready to discuss and solve all her friends' problems.
Etymology: LAPTRAPPED - verb - from LAPTOP (a portable, battery-powered computer small enough to rest on the user's lap) + TRAPPED (to ensnare, or capture and prevent from escaping, or getting free)
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COMMENTS:
LAPTRAPPED is good.Punchy, bold and dynamic. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-08: 15:46:00
For exercise she could always lap-dance! - Nosila, 2008-07-08: 19:35:00
So many excellent words today. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-09: 03:31:00
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Webfish
Created by: eljono
Pronunciation:
Sentence: That guy is so webfish, he's been online all day and hasn't fed hid kid yet.
Etymology: web + selfish
Uploadead
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: up-low-dead
Sentence: She uploadead herself into hyperheaven.
Etymology: upload - for uploading your mind dead - because you might seem dead to others while walking happily in the invisible cloudy of hyperheaven...
Simsify
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: sims + ih + fie
Sentence: My Sim is about to finally have enough friends to get a better job, and you want me to worry about going to WORK? I'm a little too Simsified for that, my friend.
Etymology: Ever played The Sims?
Networerized
Created by: Ernie
Pronunciation: Net-Wor-Er-Ized
Sentence: I am online all day every day. I have been fully networerized.
Etymology:
Abstimulate
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: ab-STIM-yuh-leyt
Sentence: John's preoccupation with Second Life bordered on hopeless abstimulation. (A possible synonym might be "circumvirtuate" or "circumvirtualize.")
Etymology: Portmanteau: abstain + simulation
Umbilgatesicus
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: um/bil/gaytz/i/cus
Sentence: Sue had a surgeon replace her navel with an umbilgatesicus
Etymology: umbilicus + Bill Gates
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