Verboticisms

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: vi-dee-oh-vur-drive

Sentence: At first glance, I thought my son may have Tourettes Syndrome, but when I saw that he was playing a game, I realized he was just in videoverdrive.

Etymology: video, overdrive

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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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COMMENTS:

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

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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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COMMENTS:

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

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Created by: screech

Pronunciation:

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

Etymology:

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Created by: urbanwookie

Pronunciation: kon-soh-lehp-say

Sentence: Janet could only hope that Michael would outgrow his juvenile consolepsy...even if, at 36, it seemed unlikely.

Etymology: console + epilepsy/narcolepsy

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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: 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: 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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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: swallowedbyafish

Pronunciation:

Sentence: He had been trapped in an intense nintendaze for hours.

Etymology: nintendo + daze

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COMMENTS:

Nice! I guess the problem was never nintended to surface... - Discoveria, 2007-03-16: 04:15:00

ninterrific - galwaywegian, 2007-03-16: 04:58:00

He had always had latent nintendencies... - Alchemist, 2007-03-16: 11:23:00

ninthank you - swallowedbyafish, 2007-03-16: 11:49:00

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