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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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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
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
Kalinualeach
Created by: doig1394
Pronunciation: ka-leen-ew-ul-eech
Sentence: that kid at the park was totally kaliualeach
Etymology: ....
Comathroes
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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COMMENTS:
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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Wiitardation
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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COMMENTS:
that's a winner - FreeToys, 2007-09-13: 13:20:00
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Pixelepsy
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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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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Vidgamerstate
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: vid-geym-ur-steyt
Sentence: Ritalin was the only medication that curbed his vidgamerstating behaviour and allowed him to sleep the night. It also halted his evening ritual of tearing apart his bed and using its wooden pieces to beat holes in the wall.
Etymology: vid (short for video)+ gamer + state (as in a particular condition of mind or feeling)
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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Comments:
OZZIEBOB - 2007-09-13: 20:07:00
Suddenly I'm become pixi-led. Nice word.