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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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Clickeratic
Created by: Mobelia
Pronunciation: click-err-a-tick
Sentence: His intense focus on the video game he played removed any self-consciousness over the clickeratic dance he performed.
Etymology: from Click as in pressing buttons as on the controls for a video game from Erratic as in unpredictable idiosyncracies
Levelupsy
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: Lev-ell-up-see
Sentence: Patient S is the first documented case of fatal levelupsy. S had a history of chronic gaming; patient was discovered convulsing upon couch, ignoring symptoms of asphyxia while playing a common console game.
Etymology: Level up + epilepsy. Epilepsy: a chronic nervous system disorder causing seizures.
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COMMENTS:
Hope that fatalepsy count doesn't get too high. - petaj, 2007-03-16: 04:33:00
well done! - galwaywegian, 2007-03-16: 04:59:00
mwaa, levelupsy, or its curtainsy, mugsy. mwaa...(ok, after that bad impression, you definitely got my vote :) - Alchemist, 2007-03-16: 14:12:00
great word! - rikboyee, 2007-03-16: 17:14:00
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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.
Zombwii
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: zahmb-weee
Sentence: It takes mere minutee for Dale to become a Zombwii when he starts playing Call of Dookie. I tried to pry the controller from his hands and he started wailing, "Gaaaames!! I need gaaames!"
Etymology: Zombie + wii
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
Ninzendo
Created by: ShaggE
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "Hugh was in a state of utter Ninzendo while playing his Wii."
Etymology: Zen + Nintendo.
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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COMMENTS:
I wanted to suggest something like this, but I was way to slow ;) - allwise, 2007-03-16: 04:43:00
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Namm
Created by: screech
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He's been stuck in a state of Namm retardedness all day.
Etymology:
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