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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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Ickathon

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ikəθän

Sentence: What started as a dare, ended as a ickathon as a group of friends spent their vacations watching Green Acres episodes non-stop. Besides the psychological effects of spending so much time with such insipid drivel several of the women and one of the guys took almost a week to loose the Eva Gabor-esque accent.

Etymology: ick (exclamation used to express strong distaste or disgust) + marathon (a long-lasting or difficult task or operation of a specified kind)

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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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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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Detestpatterned

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: dee test pat turnd

Sentence: Each spring Joe and Melba had a tv marathon and picked an ancient tv series to watch in it's entirety for that weekend. After the sluggish weekend, which also meant little physical activity and way too much junk food, they went into a guilty funk of self-loathing...they were detestpatterned. This spring's weekend was no exception, when they watched the entire "Beverly Hillbillies" series, black & white and then coloured versions. By Sunday night, they had strong Ozark accents, had eaten possum in many forms, drank Granny's moonshine (rhematis' medicine) and carved their pool cues into pot passers for when they sat at the fancy eating table in the billiards room. Joe also learned how to play "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" on his fiddle! Well, doggy...

Etymology: Detested (disliked intensely; felt antipathy or aversion towards) & Test Pattern (A geometric chart transmitted by a television station to assist viewers in adjusting reception...since tv was not 24-7 in the old black & white tv days, the test pattern came on a while before the show started and was the last thing you saw on after the National Anthem played...boy does my age show!)

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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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Eutwentyfouria

Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: You-twenty-four-eeah

Sentence: Most fans of 24 love to watch whole seasons at a time, often back-to-back, resulting in a state of 24-overload, referred to as eutwentyfouria.

Etymology: euphoria (a state of intense happiness) + 24 (the tv show-- if you haven't heard of it, turn on your tv for maybe 5 minutes and you will.)

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-02: 12:35:00

thanks for the enthusiasm - Javeson1, 2007-04-02: 14:23:00

Doesn't really fit the definition. Euphoria is far from unpleasant. - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-02: 18:12:00

petaj How about if it was pronounced eeyeutwentyfouria sounding like that response from teenagers when they see something yucky. - petaj, 2007-04-02: 22:50:00

hah even though it doesn't exactly fit the defination its still a good one to describe the state one is in if one watches the entire season of a really GOOD show and is in a GOOD daze - ekath, 2007-04-04: 00:31:00

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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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Teeveeheavey

Created by: fantomex

Pronunciation: tee-vee-hee-vee

Sentence: After watching all of 'The Simpsons' season 3, I experienced teeveeheavey for the second time in my life.

Etymology: 'Teevee' comes from the obvious word 'TV', and 'heavey' comes from the word 'heave', meaning to retch or be sick.

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Gomerpiles

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: go/mer/pyles

Sentence: After watching the complete boxed set of the Andy Griffith Show and Andy of Mayberry, they both developed serious gomerpiles

Etymology: Gomer Pyle (character in the TV series) + piles (Hemorrhoids caused by sitting too long)

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Love it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-02: 09:22:00

thanks Purple - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-02: 12:27:00

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Serialdamaged

Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: serialdamagagad

Sentence: The X-Files got me serialdamagagad, i needed 23 seasons of Simpsons, Futurama and Ren&Stimpy to get me back on track.

Etymology: serial + damaged + gaga.

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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