Verboticism: Hyperwiiality
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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Frustrogaming
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: frust ro gaming
Sentence:
Etymology: its the argh and the urgh and the gargh!
Consolitis
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)
Hyperwiiality
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: hyp-er-wee-al-i-ty
Sentence: Mrs. Fudd found Elmer in a state of hyperwiiality when she returned from a visit to her parents and saw that he had been playing video games since she left and had not stopped to eat or sleep. "At least I don't have to do the dishes," she thought as she pulled the plug.
Etymology: hyperreality: blurring the lines of reality and fantasy as in video gaming or online virtual reality. Hyperreality tricks the consciousness into accepting artificially contrived stimulation instead a conscious emotional involvement + Wii: a video game system (Elmer Fudd -- a Looney Tunes cartoon character who couldn't pronounce the letter r in words and substituted the letter w instead)
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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 :)
Overgeeked
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
Arcadymalady
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: Are-cade-ie-mal-aid-ie
Sentence: "Yes, that's right (arrow) Your Honour, I'm pleading not guilty on account of the acute bout of arcadyMalady that came over me all of a sudden like, before I went '*BANG*' right arrow, right arrow, x button, y button...KILLEDA....you know?"
Etymology: Splicing of Arcade (Place of worship for gamers) and Malady (generally to feel poorly, usually for an extented period as in mourning or in winter blues/greys)
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
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.
Nintendoncy
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;)