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'I feel so icky!'

DEFINITION: n. The unpleasant physical and/or psychological effects, which occur after watching the entire season of a TV show, non-stop on DVD. v. To watch an old TV series on DVD with stopping to think.

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Sitcomatose

Mrgoodtimes

Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: sit-kom-uh-tohs

Sentence: The couple's sitcomatose was debilitating after watching the Knight Rider series from the inception of turbo boost, to the point at which the car could practically fly on autopilot.

Etymology: Sitcom - Comatose or Sit - Comatose

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Overkillosity

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: oh-ver-kill-os-ity

Sentence: Watching the first two discs of "Knight Rider" was pushing it, watching the entire 4th season without stop was definitely overkillosity and left Jack and Janice feeling ill.

Etymology: overkill + funny suffix

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Couchpotation

Created by: Sharpedgeshurt

Pronunciation: Cowtch-Poh-tay-shun

Sentence: In an attempt to avoid late fees, the Jonses got couchpotation after sitting through two entire seasons of "The Sopranos" within the two day rental period.

Etymology: Couch + Potation Couch: Middle English, from Anglo-French cucher from Latin collocare to set in place Potation: English --the act of becoming a potato, or vegitable

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Couchrot

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊtʃɹɑt/

Sentence: _24_ creates an unusually potent variety of couchrot.

Etymology: From couch + rot

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COMMENTS:

I like it Er... sounds like a similar women's malaise. - toadstool57, 2007-04-02: 19:13:00

Not quite what I was going for, but sure. - ErWenn, 2007-04-03: 02:45:00

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Viewtrid

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: view-trid

Sentence: Jen's mind turned viewtrid after a serious bout of influenza left her bedridden for a week. Meaning well, Jeff rented seasons 1-4 of "Desperate Housewives" and "America's Next Top Model" for her to watch as she recuperated. It was most apparent when she became suspicious of everyone in the office of telling lies, having secrets and using the wrong color lipstick.

Etymology: view: watch + putrid: morally corrupted, rotted

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Episodomy

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: ep-i-SOD-o-mee

Sentence: Buffy felt slayed and not a little lost. She also had a sore derriere from sitting on the sofa watching the entire season of Fawlty Towers without getting up. She had a bad case of episodomy.

Etymology: episode (a part of television series) + Sodom (a city well known for vice and corruption especially of a certain kind likely to cause psychological unpleasantness and/or a sore butt)

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COMMENTS:

petaj Also reminds me of episiotomy -- another cause of sore butts. - petaj, 2007-04-02: 05:11:00

Excellent word. I take it Buffy won't be watching any Gomorrah for a little while. I know, lame... - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-02: 07:27:00

now I know why she feels so icky - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-02: 12:26:00

Nice word! - simplysimon, 2007-04-02: 13:15:00

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Fredflintstoned

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: fred/flin/stoned

Sentence: They felt totally bedrocked and fredflinstoned after a weekend marathon with Fred, Wilma, Barney and Betty

Etymology: Fred Flintsotne + stoned

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COMMENTS:

Cute! I'd use this word to describe my boyfriend driving his truck with the hole in the floor. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-02: 19:16:00

You can tell those who are Fredflintstoned by the nonchalance when their rocks miss all the pins. Yabba-dabba-doobie! - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-03: 05:53:00

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Naustalgia

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: nawhs tahl jyaa

Sentence: By 5.00am the naustalgia was palpable, she began to envy the decapitated horse she had seen seven hours before.

Etymology: nostalgia nausea

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Teleconvulsionism

Created by: simplysimon

Pronunciation: Tell-ee-con-vol-shun-ism

Sentence: "Lucy, that Hollyoaks DVD you lent me gave me a teleconvulsionism!"

Etymology: From the verb 'to convulse', usually meaning an uncontrollable attack of some sort, for example, the imminent attack of vomitting that occurs after watching an entire season of 'The OC'.

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Mafiathon

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: maf eeya thon

Sentence: Tony & Carmela Johnson had scheduled their annual mafiathon long weekend starting on Friday and ending Monday night. They watched 86 hours of The Soprano series for hours each day. A few hours of sleep and back at it the next day. As usual, they ended up speaking in nasal Joisey accents and colorful words peppered their dialogue. They also caught Godfathers 1,2,3; Casino and Goodfellas, to break up their viewing. By the time they went back to work on Tuesday,each wanted to whack their bosses, eat more ziti and smoke cigars. They do this each year...just when they thought they were out, they get pulled back in! Try a Sound of Music weekend next year??? Fuhgeddaboutit!

Etymology: Mafia (a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia) & Marathon (any long and arduous undertaking)

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-02: 01:43:00
Today's definition was suggested by catgrin.
Thank you catgrin! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-10-19: 04:37:00
Today's definition was suggested by catgrin. Thank you catgrin. ~ James