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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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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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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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Pwiioccupied

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: pwēˈäkyəˌpī

Sentence: Wendell is pwiioccupied with gaming. He Eats, breathes and sleeps a video game life. He thinks his Wii Fit app has improved his wiiflexes, his wiiaction time. His friends think it has made him a social wiitard. Those friends are planning an intervention to get him into wiihab. It*s all wiidiculous.

Etymology: preoccupied (dominate or engross the mind of someone to the exclusion of other thoughts) + Wii (home video game console released by Nintendo)

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poifect - galwaywegian, 2009-10-02: 10:06:00

wiitty woid, you wiiascally wabbit! - Nosila, 2009-10-02: 11:01:00

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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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Nice! - allwise, 2007-03-16: 04:43:00

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Wiitusi

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: wee-TOO-see

Sentence: When Brandon pops in Mario Party 8 and begins his crazy wiitusi, nothing is safe. His mom finally gave up and just removed all the remaining unbroken Hummels from the family room.

Etymology: wii (vid game) + watusi (the dance, not th e tribe). I am probably dating myself with this one...

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this is good! - wordmeister, 2007-03-16: 08:37:00

Hey, The Orlons are still around! http://www.theorlons.com/ - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-16: 12:48:00

man, I went groovin over there, I thought you meant the cylons-http://www.cylon.org/ - Alchemist, 2007-03-16: 14:07:00

DOH! WAH Watusi! THOSE orlons! I thought u were just interjecting a 60's era non-sequiter... - Alchemist, 2007-03-16: 15:53:00

Looks like Buck Rogers' outfits were crafted from Orlon. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-17: 04:55:00

No, I think he got them on Earth! - Alchemist, 2007-03-17: 06:23:00

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Overcomplaystation

Mrgoodtimes

Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: Oh-ver-kom-pley-stey-shuhn

Sentence: Some called Timmy a geek while others would call the countless hours he spent on his gaming consule a waste of time, but no one could look away when his overcomplaystation was on full display.

Etymology: Overcompensation - playstation Would have also accepted: Wiidiculous or Xboxorcism

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Videosyncrasies

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: vidēəsingkrəsēz

Sentence: Most people have a particular way of playing their video games. For most it is subtle, maybe a tilt of the head or grunt that accompanies a certain action. For Andrew, it’s much more than that. His collection of videocyncrasies makes it almost impossible for anybody to play with him in person. The local video cafe once called 911 thinking he was having a seisure.

Etymology: video [game] (a game played by electronically manipulating images produced by a computer program on a television screen or other display screen) + idiosyncrasy (a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual)

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love it - galwaywegian, 2011-02-21: 04:45:00

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Cyberspasm

Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: cyberspasm

Sentence: Waves of heavy cyberspasm rolled through his body and mind - no one could help him anymore - he was totally gonline and soon to be uploadead.

Etymology: cyber + spasm

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Induhzone

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: in duh zone

Sentence: she started to put her clothes back on knowing there wasn't much hope of anything happening when he was induhzone

Etymology: in the zone, Duh.

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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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petaj 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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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