DEFINITION: v. To be so immersed in a virtual world that you forget about your responsibilities to the physical world -- like your job, your family, or even feeding and washing yourself. n. A person who lives exclusively in their imagination.

Laptrapped

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: lap/trap/ed

Sentence: Jenny was no different from many of her friends, laptrapped and totally emersed and esnared in her virtual world, fingers poised at her keyboard ready to discuss and solve all her friends' problems.

Etymology: LAPTRAPPED - verb - from LAPTOP (a portable, battery-powered computer small enough to rest on the user's lap) + TRAPPED (to ensnare, or capture and prevent from escaping, or getting free)

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