Vote for the best verboticism.
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.
Verboticisms
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Sitblitzed
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: sit/blitsd
Sentence: After watching 14 hours of 'Friends' non-stop, he was suffering from all the telltale signs of sitblitz; brainblurts, Simpsonized sayings, a Fred Flintstoned look, Gomerpiles and most unusual and funny walks. No doubt he was totally sitblitzed.
Etymology: sit-com + sitting + blitzed
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COMMENTS:
I lift my hat to the referencing. - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-02: 18:20:00
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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)
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
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
Deeveedepression
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: dee-vee-dee-presh-un
Sentence: My marathon session viewing an entire season of "The Sopranos" was justly rewarded with 3 loads of unwashed laundry, 2 meals worth of dirty dishes, a left butt-cheek that had fallen asleep, and a wicked case of deeveedepression.
Etymology: DVD, Depression
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COMMENTS:
doesn't get much badda, bing - galwaywegian, 2007-04-02: 05:16:00
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Tvqueasy
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: tee vee queee see
Sentence: After a full day of x-files colin was more than tvqueasy, he was almost blind.
Etymology: from TV and queasy.
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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Episodomy
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:
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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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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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.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by catgrin.
Thank you catgrin! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by catgrin. Thank you catgrin. ~ James