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