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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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Overdvded
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: over dvd ed
Sentence: i dont want to watch it anymore i am overdvded
Etymology: over as in to much an dvd as in as it is.
Inviewenza
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: in + view + en + za
Sentence: I feel logy... restless... a vague desire to see the sun and real people - I must have inviewenza after having watched every episode of Season 8 of The Simpsons.
Etymology: There's this little disease called influenza...
Bleaughset
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: just vomit and say set afterwards
Sentence: The box set turned out to be a bleaughset
Etymology: box set bleaugh!
Rerunnethogre
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)]
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.
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
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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Dvdecrepit
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: dee vee dee CREP it
Sentence: Watching an entire season of "Days of Our Wives" in one day left me feeling weak and dvdecrepit. And I still don't know who killed Drahma! Damn it - now I have to rent the next season too!
Etymology: adj.: DVD + decrepit (worn and broken down; lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality)
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COMMENTS:
Dvdelicious word! - Nosila, 2009-10-19: 18:20:00
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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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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
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by catgrin.
Thank you catgrin! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by catgrin. Thank you catgrin. ~ James