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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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Xboxia
Created by: Sketchy
Pronunciation: X-box-E-Ah
Sentence: After hours of gaming xboxia has finally set in.
Etymology: X-box (Game console), Hypoxia (really bad).
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
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
Loservision
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: loo-zer-vizh-uhn
Sentence: Who needs a girlfriend when you've got tons of video games combined with serious loservision.
Etymology: loser + vision
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)
Wiivulsion
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: wee vull shun
Sentence: Terry was in a full state of wiivulsion which nobody was going to be able to get him out of for several hours.
Etymology: from the wii and convulsion for the twitching and compulsion for the not being able to seperate from it.
Wintendonitis
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: win ten do nye tis
Sentence: Buster played his video games morning, noon and night to the consternation of his parents. He was so intent on winning each game, he was oblvious to the need to rest, eat and hydrate himself. He could barely move his hand or arm anymore, as he was developing wintendonitis. There was always a pong coming from his room, his nickname was Gameboy and he thought Mario and Luigi were his real brothers. His parents could not wait for September, when Buster would go to school and apply his energy elsewhere. It would be hard for him to hold a pencil or crayon, unless they could surgically remove his hand controls. Grade One was going to be a tough year for Buster!
Etymology: Win (be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious) & Nintendo (Video game system made by the Japanese Nintendo Co.) & Tendonitis (inflammation of a tendon due to over-use, such as in thumb, elbow, shoulder,etc)
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COMMENTS:
ecin - galwaywegian, 2009-10-02: 10:12:00
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Geekilepsy
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: geek-i-lepp-si
Sentence: His geekiplesy made him miss what Pulaski wanted to do to his sister.
Etymology: From "geek" meaning pathetic loser who spends too much time in front of a computer (such as myself) and "epilepsy".
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)
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