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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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Wiiwee

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

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

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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.

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Nerditis

Created by: Karuma

Pronunciation: nurd-ite-iss

Sentence: dont' worry he's got nerditis, he'll be fine in a bit.

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Wiiiriness

Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: wee ree ness

Sentence: Mind body and soul combined perfectly with the consol as he displayed exceptional wiiiriness

Etymology: wiii - the ultimate game challenge riness - creating the noun

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