Verboticisms

Created by: Kirubeza

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: ex-box-I-tis

Sentence: After a lengthy session playing games Delbert suddenly began to experience severe Xboxitis that included tremors, loss of motor skills and eventually resulted in his entering a catatonic state.

Etymology: Combination of Xbox with suffix 'itis - with nouns - denoting abnormal states or conditions, excesses, tendencies, obsessions, etc. ( telephonitis; baseballitis ).

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Created by: PythianHabenero

Pronunciation: loo-diss-om-nee-um

Sentence: The state of ludisomnium entered into by gamers everywhere is a mystery to outsiders.

Etymology: Latin "ludus" game, "somnio, -ere" to dream - a game-dream or game-trance.

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Created by: Sed8ed

Pronunciation: sigh-burr-vishun

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: joy stik ness

Sentence: Zack played video games endlessly each evening after school, on the school bus, in class and all weekend long, without sleep or proper nuitrition. He was actually suffering from joystickness and his folks had to have an intervention to finally get him into a wiidrawal program.

Etymology: Joystick (a manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers and video games) & sickness ( impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism; also a compulsion)

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: nin + tend + zone

Sentence: I used to get so far into the nintendzone when I was playing Mario Brothers that I'd find myself thinking I *was* Mario.

Etymology: Nintendo Zone!

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: wee-wee

Sentence: Herman earned his nickname, Wiiwee Herman, when he was playing a game with his friends and wouldn't stop for anything -- even nature. He wiggled and writhed and danced in place until he finished his game, much to the delight and amusement of his fellow gamers.

Etymology: wii: a game system + weewee: in babyspeak -- to have to urinate (PeeWee Herman, played by actor Paul Reubens, was a popular comic character in children's television from 1986 to 1991. He enjoyed tremendous success until he was discovered engaging in some compulsive behavior of his own)

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Excuse me...have to see a man about a horse! - Nosila, 2009-10-02: 23:40:00

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Created by: revolver23

Pronunciation: tweaking

Sentence: He was up all night, wasn't eating, wasn't bathing. Just playing video tennis. Dude was twiiking.

Etymology: Amphetamine addiction leads to twitchiness, paranoia, and obsession. Addicts are called tweakers.

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Created by: screech

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Sentence: He's been stuck in a state of Namm retardedness all day.

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Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: cyberspasm

Sentence: Waves of heavy cyberspasm rolled through his body and mind - no one could help him anymore - he was totally gonline and soon to be uploadead.

Etymology: cyber + spasm

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