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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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Leizure

Created by: loofarama

Pronunciation: lee-sure

Sentence: his leizure was overwhelming him. i even tried hurting him, but it didn't work

Etymology: leisure + seizure

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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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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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Xboccupation

Created by: Pseudonym

Pronunciation: ex-bock-u-pay-shun

Sentence: "Sorry about the accident; I forgot to go during my xboccupation."

Etymology: xbox + occupation

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Videogameism

Created by: Janbo

Pronunciation:

Sentence: A number of men showed signs of videogameism.

Etymology:

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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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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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Obwiiviousness

Created by: trioptimum

Pronunciation: ob-WEE-vee-uhs-ness

Sentence: Wil had to be jolted out of his obwiiviousness by a friend, who grabbed him and politely pointed out the piercing sound of the fire alarm.

Etymology: obliviousness + wii (I hate every single one of the thousands of 'wii' puns that have plagued the games industry for the past few months, so please make me pay for my hypocrisy by not voting for me)

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COMMENTS:

I had to look up what Wii was. So your Wii-ism seems pretty fresh to me! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 07:59:00

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