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DEFINITION: A state of hyper-attentive focus combined with WBT (Whole Body Twitching) and IEE (Ignores Everything Else), which commonly afflicts video game players.

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Watasadik

Created by: leomar

Pronunciation: watas-adik

Sentence: a word that shows a "state of hyper-attentive focus = ADIK" with the "IEE (Ignores Everything Else)= WATAS"

Etymology: the watas adik

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Wiiggle

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: wee/ig/gle

Sentence: He transforms completely and falls into the state of wiiggle when he plays his video games.

Etymology: wii + wiggle

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Lobotomwii

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: lah-bot-om-wee

Sentence: his lobotomwii was destroying his social life

Etymology: lobotomy, wii

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COMMENTS:

Catchy! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 07:50:00

Catchy yes, but try saying it when you're drunk... or have just spent ten hours playing Half-Life 2. - Nettle, 2007-09-13: 09:42:00

I'd go for Lobotowii - Batavier, 2007-10-05: 10:30:00

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Focolation

Created by: Nettle

Pronunciation: fo-ko-LAY-shun

Sentence: Ivan spent the morning in a state of extreme focolation, attempting to finish the new Zelda game before any of his friends.

Etymology: Focus + isolation

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Gadgetation

Created by: Scrumpy

Pronunciation: gaj-it-a-shun

Sentence: After 12 hours of Quake, John's whole body vibrated with advanced gadgetation.

Etymology: gadget + agitation

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COMMENTS:

excellent! - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-13: 11:56:00

I'm not certain why - but I'm locked in. Top word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-13: 20:16:00

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Twiiking

Created by: torpid

Pronunciation: tweeking

Sentence: After buzzing Billy's apartment five times, the pizza deliveryman returned home, not realizing that Billy was there, but twiiking, and thus unable to hear the doorbell.

Etymology: tweak/tweaking (meth and other drug user's hyperactivity) + wii

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Vautism

Created by: duluth

Pronunciation: voh-tism

Sentence: Vautism is a brain development disorder characterized by impairments in social interaction and communication, and restricted and repetitive behavior, occurring at any age and often induced by environmental interactions with computer-based games.

Etymology: The term is a derivation of autism with the "v" at the beginning signifying the video game interaction factor.

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Pacmannerism

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: pack-MANner-ism

Sentence: Colby's pacmannerism had worsened considerably since the 1980s. It had evolved into captaincomicalysis, but it seemed he always had a frogger in his throat.

Etymology: Pacman + mannerism

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COMMENTS:

I'm old enough to remember Pacman but I had to look up what Wii was! lol - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 07:53:00

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