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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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Serialillers

Created by: Bulletchewer

Pronunciation: seer-ree-ull-ill-urs

Sentence: The serialillers from watching LOST season 2 included brainfreeze, dead eye (like red eye but not exclusive to photographs) and numbbum.

Etymology: From "serial", "ill" and "serial killer".

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COMMENTS:

they sound like they are seriesouslyill - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-02: 12:22:00

Damn straight. - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-02: 18:23:00

petaj Now if they watched the complete set of Taggart - they'd be serialmurrded - said with an extremely strong Scottish accent. - petaj, 2007-04-02: 22:53:00

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Overdeeveedose

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: oh-vurr-dee-vee-DOHS

Sentence: The only cure for Alex's overdeeveedose of "Punky Brewster" was to take a long walk and fill out a volunteer application for a guilt-ridding charity.

Etymology: overdose + DVD. Word intentionally long to mimic length of viewing.

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Dvdelirium

Created by: LittleLula

Pronunciation: dee-VEE-de-lir-ium

Sentence: Her dvdelirium was so intense after her marathon SATC session on Sunday, Wendy was forced to call in sick Monday to sleep it off.

Etymology: DVD / delirium

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COMMENTS:

Dvdelightful. - Nosila, 2009-10-20: 01:54:00

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Episodelepsy

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: EH-pah-sode-lep-see

Sentence: After we watched the entire run of "Fantasy Island" last weekend, Norbert was stricken with episodelepsy. Now he keeps yelling "da plane, da plane" between his shaking fits...

Etymology: episode, epilepsy

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Rerunnethogre

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: rērəneθōgər

Sentence: Having spent their entire weekend watching 4 full seasons of My Name Is Earl, Bob and Bill feel like they have been attacked by the rerunnethogre. They have somehow absorbed components of the characters from the show into their personalities. Despite their suburban upbringing, they feel as if they live in a trailer park and drive an old beater. Last time they did something like this it took Bob almost a week to stop limping after watching just one season of House. DAMN YOU, NETFLIX!

Etymology: rerun (a program, event, or competition that occurs or is run again) + ogre (a man-eating giant) runneth over [from the Bible: My cup runneth over (having more than enough of something)]

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Telebumitis

Created by: readerwriter

Pronunciation: tel-e-bum-i-tis

Sentence: Jared and Jewel, so in love with Lost, and lost in love, were too embarrassed to tell others what they had done over the weekend: sat on the two-seater and watched the entire season's shows non-stop. To compensate, they turned off the television, called in sick to work and then lay prone on the floor, night and day, Monday to Wednesday, not getting up for any kind of relief, in hopes of recovering from their severe case of telebumitis.

Etymology: From television + bum, for lazy person or buttox

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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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Outspazed

Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: out-spÆZ-d

Sentence: After spazing out on the sofa for a day and a half, he was completely outspazed, and could barely zap to the news.

Etymology: to spaz out - to watch TV like a zombie. outspazed is the state when you can do that no more.

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COMMENTS:

Dunno why but that sounds "un-PC". To quote the great Ricky Gervais: "I think you'll find it's scope!" - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-02: 18:14:00

I must say, I have no idéa what you're talking about?!? - allwise, 2007-04-04: 05:55:00

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Ubertviation

Created by: katsup92

Pronunciation: ew-brr-t-v-a-tion

Sentence: Watching every season of Full House left Jane with a sense that she had been hit with a severe case of ubertviation.

Etymology: uber - a lot, tv - television, tion - symptom

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Episoverload

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: epp-ee-soh-ver-load

Sentence: No matter how often they squeezed in the 'entire' season of Firefly they never suffered episoverload

Etymology: episode, overload

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COMMENTS:

I'd be lying if I said that at least a little of that vote is because I have watched all the episodes of Firefly more or less all at once myself. Several times. - Osomatic, 2007-04-02: 16:32:00

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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