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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.
Verboticisms
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Autogamenchorea
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: au-to-gam-en-KOR-ee-ah
Sentence: Mike's autogamenchorea prevented him from hearing the timer on the pot stickers that were cooking on the stove and soon the apartment was filled with smoke.
Etymology: auto-(Greek: self, same, spontaneous; directed from within. Used as in autism). gamen (Old English: root of Game) -chorea (Greek: dance; in medicine, it is used to denote a nervous disorder)
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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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.
Hafowhobytyigevel
Created by: staggolee
Pronunciation: HAF-o-woh-bih-TIE-g'v'l
Sentence: OMG--I'M HAFOWHOBYTYGEVEL!!!
Etymology: adj. origin unk.
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COMMENTS:
Unsubstantiated rumors accredit this as a Bushism. - staggolee, 2007-09-13: 00:33:00
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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
Gamernaut
Created by: japfilsk8er
Pronunciation: gamer not
Sentence: keeps his momentum going and stay focus to the game
Etymology: game and juggernaut
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
Notential
Created by: FreeToys
Pronunciation: no - ten' - shul
Sentence: I'm sorry Mrs. Jones, since Bobby has been unable to grasp anything but joystick skills, we're afraid he has notential.
Etymology: no / potential
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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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
Comments:
OZZIEBOB - 2007-09-13: 20:07:00
Suddenly I'm become pixi-led. Nice word.