Verboticisms

Created by: ScrabbledEgg

Pronunciation: wee-tar-day-shun

Sentence: His video game addiction started off slowly with a mild case of nintendonitis, progressed to acute halotosis (hay-low-toe-sis), and ended in complete wiitardation.

Etymology: wii + retardation

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that's a winner - FreeToys, 2007-09-13: 13:20:00

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Created by: leeannhamers

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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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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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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: ko-ma-THROWS

Sentence: When Roxie went into spazombic hyper-attentive focusing whilst creating a verboticism, Bob was worried that her condition might turn into svitustrance. Friends thought that she might be marcelvish. But, as her comathroes continued unabated, all agreed that some sort of cerebrawl was going on in her mind.

Etymology: Coma: profound insensibilty, stupor & throes:spasm, convulsion.(with the "math" needed for hyper-attentive focusing.) Svitustrance- pun on St Vitus Dance. Marcelvish: uniname that combines elements of Marcel(Marceau) & Elvis.

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so many good words!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-13: 11:59:00

Great sentence and etymology! Really unique word! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 21:04:00

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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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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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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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Unsubstantiated rumors accredit this as a Bushism. - staggolee, 2007-09-13: 00:33:00

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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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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: piks-uhl-ep-see

Sentence: He didn't smell the pot roast, nor hear his mother calling him for dinner - David was obviously on the computer suffering from a bout of pixelepsy.

Etymology: pixel, epilepsy

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COMMENTS:

I like it. It particularly conveys the Whole Body Twitching which I completely failed to incorporate into my own word. - Nettle, 2007-09-13: 10:08:00

Great word! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 16:38:00

Suddenly I become pixi-led. Nice word - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-13: 20:08:00

Me likey. Funny, descriptive, sounds real.Goes with the graphic quite nicely as well. - ScrabbledEgg, 2007-09-14: 23:51:00

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