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DEFINITION: n. A state of extreme agitation developed after extended periods of non-stop video game participation; commonly affects males of all ages! v. To twist yourself up into a knot while playing video games.
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Exasperstation
Created by: dekra
Pronunciation: Eggs-ass-per-stay-shun
Sentence: When Tommy emerged from the tunnel vision that COD became after 4 hours, he was in a state of extreme exaasperstation.
Etymology: Exasperation + PlayStation
Wiizure
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: wee-zhure
Sentence: It's no use pretending to wheeze. You're such a drama queen. I don't for one minute think you're having a wiizure. The power has been off all morning.
Etymology: wii + seizure as opposed to a wiifit :)
Cyberspasm
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: si-ber-spaz-im
Sentence: See how Doug has a cyberspasm because he played Moon Patrol so long that he is now cramped up into a ball.
Etymology: cyber + spasm
Vidiosyncrasies
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: vidēəsingkrəsē
Sentence: Jill hates holiday weekends. After a three-day binge on the Xbox her husband exhibits his most obnoxious vidiosyncrasies, bouncing off the walls, pretending to shoot, stab or blow her up. It’s all she can do to get him in his suit and off to work. It scares her sometimes knowing that he is the CEO at a nuclear power plant.
Etymology: video (games) (a game played by electronically manipulating images produced by a computer program on a television screen or other display screen) + idiosyncrasies (a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual)
Nintendone
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: nin ten done
Sentence: Seven hours of gaming left them nintendone. After a short break they'd get over to Blake's basement where four more hours at the controllers would leave them xbaked.
Etymology: From nintendo and done.
Xboxic
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: ex-box-ick
Sentence: After his wife pulled the plug on his xbox, Marty went into a state of xboxic shock. Fortunately, she knew that it was the game talking, not him...
Etymology: exbox + toxic
Quitrage
Created by: Composite
Pronunciation: [kuɪtɹeɪʤ]
Sentence: Jack had been binging on Call of Duty for hours. He had quitraged when his girlfriend wanted to go out to the park instead. He still is ready to unleash his quitrage on anyone else should they interrupt him.
Etymology: Formed on a similar line to ragequit.
Ngagerage
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His nervous system was so electrified by the intensity of 'Creatures of the Deep' that her nagging caused extreme ngagerage.
Etymology: road rage + N-GAGE
Stupewified
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: stoo-puh-wahy-fahy
Sentence: Some would blame the coffee, some the lack of sleep but 18 hours of computer combat left Darrell completely stupewified.
Etymology: stupefied (stunned, shocked) wifi (Wi-Fi is a popular technology that allows an electronic device to exchange data wirelessly (using radio waves) over a computer network)
Comments:
splendiction - 2009-07-27: 20:51:00
vidiot - hilarious! Good word!
splendiction - 2009-07-27: 20:52:00
Oopp, that last comment was meant for artr's word.