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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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Loosearms

Created by: kiritkiran

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Sentence: The twerp Arjun Sen is such a loosearms.

Etymology: A man whose thinness of character is reflected in his hanging muscle-bone structure he calls arms. A flashy individual who is as loose as the shirt hanging out of his belly, whether he is thin or fat.

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Simpnosis

Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: simp-no-sis

Sentence: Often when people are in a state of simpnonsis, they can respond to attempted interactions with grunts or autmatic answers but don't actually process what is being said to them.

Etymology: from hypnosis + the sims

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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.

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Virtitude

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: ver-ti-tyood

Sentence: Doug is on the last level of Moon Patrol. He is in serious vertitude, bro.

Etymology: Virtual, attitude

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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

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Desensitwitch

Created by: Maureen

Pronunciation: de- sens - a - twitch

Sentence: Once that gameboy goes on his desensitwich condition becomes immediately apparent.

Etymology: From desensitized - to make less sensitve to external stimuli and twitch- to jerk suddenly.

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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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Xboxitis

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: ex-box-I-tis

Sentence: After a lengthy session playing games Delbert suddenly began to experience severe Xboxitis that included tremors, loss of motor skills and eventually resulted in his entering a catatonic state.

Etymology: Combination of Xbox with suffix 'itis - with nouns - denoting abnormal states or conditions, excesses, tendencies, obsessions, etc. ( telephonitis; baseballitis ).

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Mariopia

Created by: Nuwanda

Pronunciation: marr-ee-oo-pee-a

Sentence: Clyde suffered from Mariopia and it ruined his life. It started out with a simple Gameboy--black and white screen, bad graphics. Yet he was compelled to conquer it, and was willing to let his life fall into shambles around him. Today, Clyde is so destitute that he has taken to hanging around Best Buy looking for some kid who he can convince to "test drive" Mario Kart on the store's demo Wiis. The scene usually ends with the kid crying, Clyde taunting and security escorting him off the premises.

Etymology: Mario, the ubiquitous gaming brothers, combined with suffix "opia" which means affecting vision.

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COMMENTS:

A Mario made in Heaven...good word - Nosila, 2009-10-02: 23:32:00

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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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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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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