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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
Fraystation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: fray/stay/shun
Sentence: The squeels and the jumping meant that he had entered the dangerous zone of fraystation
Etymology: fray (frazzle) + station (sphere) + playstation
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COMMENTS:
Has a great ring to it! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 07:14:00
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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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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
Kalinualeach
Created by: doig1394
Pronunciation: ka-leen-ew-ul-eech
Sentence: that kid at the park was totally kaliualeach
Etymology: ....
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)
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
Videogameism
Created by: Janbo
Pronunciation:
Sentence: A number of men showed signs of videogameism.
Etymology:
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
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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Comments:
OZZIEBOB - 2007-09-13: 20:07:00
Suddenly I'm become pixi-led. Nice word.