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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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Twiiking
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.
Vigamania
Created by: Ahmad
Pronunciation: vega-maenia
Sentence: vigamania is an alarming threat to most of our young generation for they love to stuck with play station 24 hours.
Etymology: vi = video, ga= games, and mania means when some one is obsessed with something to an extent that he never thinks or talks about something else.
Wintendonitis
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: win ten do nye tis
Sentence: Buster played his video games morning, noon and night to the consternation of his parents. He was so intent on winning each game, he was oblvious to the need to rest, eat and hydrate himself. He could barely move his hand or arm anymore, as he was developing wintendonitis. There was always a pong coming from his room, his nickname was Gameboy and he thought Mario and Luigi were his real brothers. His parents could not wait for September, when Buster would go to school and apply his energy elsewhere. It would be hard for him to hold a pencil or crayon, unless they could surgically remove his hand controls. Grade One was going to be a tough year for Buster!
Etymology: Win (be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious) & Nintendo (Video game system made by the Japanese Nintendo Co.) & Tendonitis (inflammation of a tendon due to over-use, such as in thumb, elbow, shoulder,etc)
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COMMENTS:
ecin - galwaywegian, 2009-10-02: 10:12:00
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Wiitusi
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: wee-TOO-see
Sentence: When Brandon pops in Mario Party 8 and begins his crazy wiitusi, nothing is safe. His mom finally gave up and just removed all the remaining unbroken Hummels from the family room.
Etymology: wii (vid game) + watusi (the dance, not th e tribe). I am probably dating myself with this one...
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COMMENTS:
this is good! - wordmeister, 2007-03-16: 08:37:00
Hey, The Orlons are still around! http://www.theorlons.com/ - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-16: 12:48:00
man, I went groovin over there, I thought you meant the cylons-http://www.cylon.org/ - Alchemist, 2007-03-16: 14:07:00
DOH! WAH Watusi! THOSE orlons! I thought u were just interjecting a 60's era non-sequiter... - Alchemist, 2007-03-16: 15:53:00
Looks like Buck Rogers' outfits were crafted from Orlon. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-17: 04:55:00
No, I think he got them on Earth! - Alchemist, 2007-03-17: 06:23:00
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Wiivulsion
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: wee vull shun
Sentence: Terry was in a full state of wiivulsion which nobody was going to be able to get him out of for several hours.
Etymology: from the wii and convulsion for the twitching and compulsion for the not being able to seperate from it.
Clickeratic
Created by: Mobelia
Pronunciation: click-err-a-tick
Sentence: His intense focus on the video game he played removed any self-consciousness over the clickeratic dance he performed.
Etymology: from Click as in pressing buttons as on the controls for a video game from Erratic as in unpredictable idiosyncracies
Virtitude
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: ver-ti-tyood
Sentence: Doug is on the last level of Moon Patrol. He is in serious vertitude, bro.
Etymology: Virtual, attitude
Induhzone
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: in duh zone
Sentence: she started to put her clothes back on knowing there wasn't much hope of anything happening when he was induhzone
Etymology: in the zone, Duh.
Pwiioccupied
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: pwēˈäkyəˌpī
Sentence: Wendell is pwiioccupied with gaming. He Eats, breathes and sleeps a video game life. He thinks his Wii Fit app has improved his wiiflexes, his wiiaction time. His friends think it has made him a social wiitard. Those friends are planning an intervention to get him into wiihab. It*s all wiidiculous.
Etymology: preoccupied (dominate or engross the mind of someone to the exclusion of other thoughts) + Wii (home video game console released by Nintendo)
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COMMENTS:
poifect - galwaywegian, 2009-10-02: 10:06:00
wiitty woid, you wiiascally wabbit! - Nosila, 2009-10-02: 11:01:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Lucyof2009.
Thank you Lucyof2009! ~ James
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.
Today's definition was suggested by Lucyof2009. Thank you Lucyof2009. ~ James