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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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Videowiiality

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: vid - eee - ooo - wee - al - et - ee

Sentence: No one could get Jonah's attention for the past two days. He was clearly in videowiiality and we were all worried. We thought he was becoming dehydrated and it looked like his game system had become his new hallucinogenic.

Etymology: video, wii, reality

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artr Don\'t tell me Jonah forgot his energy drink! - artr, 2009-10-02: 12:22:00

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Gamezombie

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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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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Leftleftjumpleftfireduckdowns

Created by: Betty

Pronunciation: Left-Left-Jump....and so on.

Sentence: Researchers announced yesterday they have found a way of testing unborn babies for signs of LeftLeftJumpLeftFireDuckDowns (LLJLFDD Syndrome) in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.

Etymology: Originating from a special move, password or way-of-getting-through-The-Boss-level (known to, memorised and perfected by only teenage boys and gaming obsessives who found it on the internet)

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Nesmerization

Created by: Boyo461

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Jack was in a state of NESMERIZATION due to a particularly challenging game of Super Mario Bros.

Etymology: NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) + Mesmerization

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Cybervision

Created by: Sed8ed

Pronunciation: sigh-burr-vishun

Sentence:

Etymology:

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

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Spaztego

Created by: bllsht2

Pronunciation: spaz-tee-go

Sentence: every game he played he went spaztego

Etymology: spaz,ego

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Videoverdrive

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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Squicy

Created by: Squicy31

Pronunciation: Squi-cee

Sentence: The jellyfish is so squicy.

Etymology: It means Squishy in a funnier way.

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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