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DEFINITION: n. A person who is so enamored with their online identity that they believe that it is more real than their physical one. v. To suddenly realize that you are large, blubbery mammal with no useful superpowers.
Verboticisms
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Hyperspacecadet
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: hahy-per-speys-kuh-det
Sentence: Tim works hard and lovingly at creating his online presence. Somehow, no matter what he does, some part of his real self sneaks through and he ends up with a hyperspacecadet.
Etymology: hyperspace (computer network) space cadet (absent minded)
Emaskulated
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: ee-mask-yoo-layt-ehd
Sentence: After 48 hours on Second Life, the powerful Avatar, Dragoonanatine caught a glimpse of himself in the bathroom mirror and was immediately emaskulated.
Etymology: e (electronic) + mask (as worn by a super-hero) + inspired by emasculated (to make weak)
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COMMENTS:
I like it! - readerwriter, 2009-05-15: 14:39:00
great play on words! - DrWebster111, 2009-05-15: 18:27:00
cute - Nosila, 2009-05-15: 18:29:00
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Flubbaghast
Created by: dochanne
Pronunciation: Flubb-err-gast
Sentence: Andrew staggered into the bathroom after thrashing that ugly Gnorm with his sixth-level paladin and was horrified to find a big bald fat man staring at him. "What the?" he gasped, his heart racing. The man gasped too and Andrew was suddenly flubbaghast to realise that man was himself. His fitted leathers and taught biceps were gone, as were his flowing mane of black hair, his majik sword and that 'strange aura of mystique' bestowed on him by the beautiful Sorceress of Tarneg. Before him stood a pasty white balding man in his thirties, obviously carrying more than twice the weight of his avatar and Andrew's wishteria simply could not reconcile the two. He gave in to his superfaction and switched the light off. Shadow-daemons beware! Andion the Brave is here and he's not happy..
Etymology: Flubber - blubbery, flubbery wobbly-ness; Also Flubber - confuse, fluster. Flub - make mistake or error; Aghast - horrified, shocked and appalled. As in being aghast on finding one's flubberiness and the flub of having missed it due to De Nial (and not de river). Also - Superfaction (Super + stupefaction) and Wishteria (Wish + hysteria)
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COMMENTS:
Andrew was parIRLysed...Sorry! - dochanne, 2009-05-15: 04:13:00
good one - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-15: 10:29:00
Hate those trick mirrors! - Nosila, 2009-05-15: 17:48:00
Think I forgot to mention the obvious starting point of Flabbergast :) - dochanne, 2009-05-17: 23:39:00
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Cyberborg
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SIE-ber-borg
Sentence: Alvin had lost all sense of reality and had become a cyberborg whose identity and very existence had come to depend on his on line persona, a grandiose creation totally unlike the real man.
Etymology: Shamelessly based on 'cyborg', (a person whose physiological functioning is aided by or dependent upon a mechanical or electronic device)
Snoozemaster
Created by: destroyer
Pronunciation: Snooz-o-fon
Sentence: He sleeps so much night and day, he is having a total snoozeothon.
Etymology: Snooze+marathon=snoozeothon
Avatarnation
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: avah-TAR-nay-shun
Sentence: Mark's job with the show "To catch a predator" required him to spend a great deal of time online posing as a naive 13 year old girl. He didn't see this as a problem until he came to the realization in a fit of avatarnation that his mind was slowly starting to think like that of a 13 year old girl. His wife was even starting to become a bit concerned when he hung up posters of Justin Timberlake in their bedroom. Avatarnation!!
Etymology: Avatar -a little picture representing an online user Tarnation - a colloquial euphemish in the South Eastern US for Damnation often expressed as "What in tarnation?!"
Superglower
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: soōpərglouər
Sentence: As he lay in his hospital bed Rudy realized that his cyberpowers were not effective in the real world. The closest thing he had to superpowers was a superglower and somehow a dirty look and pudgy body just weren't that effective against a charging bull.
Etymology: superpower (extraordinary powers possessed by fictional characters) + glower (dirty look)
Cyberlusional
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: si ber lu sjin al
Sentence: Since playing WoW, Doug has covered up all the mirrors in his house. He is so cyberlusional
Etymology: cyber + delusion
Eegotist
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ee-go-tist
Sentence: Nerdia was sometimes caught muttering in the lift. She hated catching site of herself in the mirrored walls as it threatened her eegotism, when she saw just how ordinary she looked, in comparison to her online persona.
Etymology: e (prefix commonly used for anything to do with the internet - electronic) + egotist (one who thinks they are darn cool)
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COMMENTS:
agree with the use of "e". eexcellent eword! - splendiction, 2009-05-15: 23:22:00
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Icononsense
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: īkänänsens
Sentence: On the internet Thomas is a secret agent. His avatar looks a lot like James Bond. His proclivity for getting in and out of international trouble is well known. His real world friends know that this is icononsense. He is really a balding, pudgy accountant who’s biggest daily dilemma is deciding what flavor of instant oatmeal to have for breakfast.
Etymology: icon (a symbol or graphic representation on a video display terminal) + nonsense (foolish or unacceptable behavior)
Comments:
Verbotomy - 2009-05-15: 00:01:01
Today's definition was suggested by abrakadeborah Thank you abrakadeborah~ James
abrakadeborah - 2009-05-15: 00:53:00
You're most welcome James ~ Funny cartoon :) LOL!
dochanne - 2009-05-15: 04:22:00
We need a word for this phenomenon, it's getting more common.
Verbotomy - 2009-05-15: 05:05:00
After a full winter of verbotomizing, I looked in the mirror and... Thank you! ~ James
dochanne - 2009-05-18: 03:22:00
Lost your majik sword James?
Verbotomy - 2009-05-18: 11:22:00
I didn't lose it, I'm still holding it. I just can't see it... James?
Verbotomy - 2010-11-26: 00:15:00
Today's definition was suggested by abrakadeborah. Thank you abrakadeborah. ~ James
abrakadeborah - 2010-11-28: 11:05:00
Thanks James ~ I really enjoy this site. :) Happy Holidays~