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DEFINITION: n. A state of hyper-attentive focus combined with WBT (Whole Body Twitching) and IEE (Ignores Everything Else), which commonly afflicts video game players. v. To get so caught up in a video game that you cannot stop.

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Joystickness

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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Gamertrance

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: gay-mer-trance

Sentence: Corey was out of it, he had been playing the game for a long time and now he was in a gamertrace and unable to focus on anything else.

Etymology: gamer (one who plays games) + trance (a state of reduced aweness sometimes marked by intense focus)

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COMMENTS:

I wanted to suggest something like this, but I was way to slow ;) - allwise, 2007-03-16: 04:43:00

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Spaztwiitch

Created by: catgrin

Pronunciation: spaz-tweech

Sentence: After 18 hours playing WoW Jimmy'd entered a state of spaztwiich. He didn't even hear his girlfriend slam the door on the way out.

Etymology: spaz (spastic) + twitch + wii

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Videosyncrasies

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: vidēəsingkrəsēz

Sentence: Most people have a particular way of playing their video games. For most it is subtle, maybe a tilt of the head or grunt that accompanies a certain action. For Andrew, it’s much more than that. His collection of videocyncrasies makes it almost impossible for anybody to play with him in person. The local video cafe once called 911 thinking he was having a seisure.

Etymology: video [game] (a game played by electronically manipulating images produced by a computer program on a television screen or other display screen) + idiosyncrasy (a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual)

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love it - galwaywegian, 2011-02-21: 04:45:00

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Electrifried

buck180

Created by: buck180

Pronunciation: e lek tra fryd

Sentence: Playing the game Johnny was so electrifried that he couldn't look away or drop the control.

Etymology: Electric - power source for any Wii, PS, or other vid-game. Added to ... Fried - as in burnt out, toasted, numb.

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Ninzendo

Created by: ShaggE

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Sentence: "Hugh was in a state of utter Ninzendo while playing his Wii."

Etymology: Zen + Nintendo.

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Simdrone

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: sim + drone

Sentence: The original diagnosis was acronymosis, but it became clear from his concentration on the console that he had simdrone brought on by extensive use of Sims for PS2, manifesting in a constant moaning about the characters and game commands accompanied by tics.

Etymology: Syndrome (a set of symptoms) + Sims (simulation video game) + drone (continuous noise)

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Ludisomnium

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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Geekilepsy

Created by: Bulletchewer

Pronunciation: geek-i-lepp-si

Sentence: His geekiplesy made him miss what Pulaski wanted to do to his sister.

Etymology: From "geek" meaning pathetic loser who spends too much time in front of a computer (such as myself) and "epilepsy".

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Technerdalertology

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: tek nerd alert all ogee

Sentence: Sheldon was in the middle of an international on line video challenge and was determined to win. Only problem was that his Mom knew about his technerdalertology. That mattered not to her...what mattered in her world was that he had been in the same dirty underpants and clothes for over a week and had only eaten ten pizzas and 12 cokes to sustain him in that time. It was just about time to pull the plug on little Mr. Whinestein...after all, he was only 7 years old!

Etymology: Tech (Technical, characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences) & Nerd Alert (Term used to call attention to a social or societal outcast)& -Ology ( an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge)

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-16: 00:01:18
Today's definition was suggested by Lucyof2009.
Thank you Lucyof2009! ~ James

petaj petaj - 2007-03-16: 04:35:00
wii - this is fun.

wordmeister - 2007-03-16: 08:35:00
Yes, it's exboxellent!

Discoveria - 2007-03-16: 14:26:00
Please, exercise some selfconsole!

Osomatic - 2007-03-16: 18:20:00
Nintendon't go there.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-10-02: 00:31:00
Today's definition was suggested by Lucyof2009. Thank you Lucyof2009. ~ James