Verboticisms

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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Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: gaim-zom-bee

Sentence: As deeply immersed as he was in Zelda, he never noticed his girlfriend leaving, nor missing work. Or eating for that matter. He was a complete gamezombie, and would soon be seen roaming the web, muttering: gaaaimes.....gaaaaaaaaaaames...

Etymology: When you are playing like that, you don't notice anything, and just reply Mhpf, to anything. and always looking for the next game. ;) I am definetively a gamezombie myself!

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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: 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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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

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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: 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: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: kum pew terr uhl siv

Sentence: He was so computerulsive that on regular occassions the excitement would make him wii himself

Etymology: compulsive computer

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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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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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