Verboticism: Pixelepsy

'I winning!'

DEFINITION: A state of hyper-attentive focus combined with WBT (Whole Body Twitching) and IEE (Ignores Everything Else), which commonly afflicts video game players.

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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

Points: 785

Comments: Pixelepsy

Nettle - 2007-09-13: 10:08:00
I like it. It particularly conveys the Whole Body Twitching which I completely failed to incorporate into my own word.

Scrumpy - 2007-09-13: 16:38:00
Great word!

OZZIEBOB - 2007-09-13: 20:08:00
Suddenly I become pixi-led. Nice word

ScrabbledEgg - 2007-09-14: 23:51:00
Me likey. Funny, descriptive, sounds real.Goes with the graphic quite nicely as well.