Verboticisms

Created by: labareda

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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

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Created by: jboehnker

Pronunciation: Oh ver geekd'

Sentence: The police officer was unsympathetic to Bob's claim that he was only speeding because he overgeeked on Rad Racer that evening.

Etymology: overdosed + geek

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: nin ten don see

Sentence: Zelda was tired of Luigi's addiction to video games. He played them round the clock and his nintendoncy to avoid his work, family and other responsibilities, was what made her announce to him one day, "Good bye, Game Boy,Wii are so headed to divorce court!"

Etymology: Nintendo (Japanese interactive video game maker, part of a huge electronics conglomerate,which actually started in 1889 and has evolved into one of the 3 main video games makers) & Tendency (an inclination to do something;)

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Created by: neoss

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: frust ro gaming

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Etymology: its the argh and the urgh and the gargh!

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ink on sow lab ell

Sentence: without his games console he was inconsoleable

Etymology: console inconsolable

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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)

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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.

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Created by: chris

Pronunciation: con-soh-lie-tus

Sentence: Bloodshot eyes...ragged breathing....sweaty palms...yup, Nigel clearly had a nasty dose of consolitis

Etymology: console + -itis (suffix meaning inflammation, irritation)

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