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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.
Verboticisms
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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.
Nintendzone
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!
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!
Ninzendo
Created by: ShaggE
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "Hugh was in a state of utter Ninzendo while playing his Wii."
Etymology: Zen + Nintendo.
Gamertose
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: gay-merr-tose
Sentence: there was no point trying to contact Allan between 5 and 11 in the evening as he was always gamertose
Etymology: gamer, comatose
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COMMENTS:
Nice! - allwise, 2007-03-16: 04:43:00
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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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COMMENTS:
Excuse me...have to see a man about a horse! - Nosila, 2009-10-02: 23:40:00
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Sloshatic
Created by: edotanonymous
Pronunciation: Slaw-shuh-tick
Sentence: Despite our 24-hour Call of Duty binge, the crunched-into-the-rug Cheetos and beer stained carpet revealed the sloshatic I had become.
Etymology: Slosh - to agitate/spill -atic - pertaining to the nature of
Nintendaze
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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Ludisomnium
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.
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