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DEFINITION: n. A state of hyper-attentive focus combined with WBT (Whole Body Twitching) and IEE (Ignores Everything Else), which commonly afflicts video game players. v. To get so caught up in a video game that you cannot stop.
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Leftleftjumpleftfireduckdowns
Created by: Betty
Pronunciation: Left-Left-Jump....and so on.
Sentence: Researchers announced yesterday they have found a way of testing unborn babies for signs of LeftLeftJumpLeftFireDuckDowns (LLJLFDD Syndrome) in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.
Etymology: Originating from a special move, password or way-of-getting-through-The-Boss-level (known to, memorised and perfected by only teenage boys and gaming obsessives who found it on the internet)
Xboxia
Created by: Sketchy
Pronunciation: X-box-E-Ah
Sentence: After hours of gaming xboxia has finally set in.
Etymology: X-box (Game console), Hypoxia (really bad).
Sloshatic
Created by: edotanonymous
Pronunciation: Slaw-shuh-tick
Sentence: Despite our 24-hour Call of Duty binge, the crunched-into-the-rug Cheetos and beer stained carpet revealed the sloshatic I had become.
Etymology: Slosh - to agitate/spill -atic - pertaining to the nature of
Videoverdrive
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: vi-dee-oh-vur-drive
Sentence: At first glance, I thought my son may have Tourettes Syndrome, but when I saw that he was playing a game, I realized he was just in videoverdrive.
Etymology: video, overdrive
Cyberspasm
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: cyberspasm
Sentence: Waves of heavy cyberspasm rolled through his body and mind - no one could help him anymore - he was totally gonline and soon to be uploadead.
Etymology: cyber + spasm
Nintendosis
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: nihn-tehn-DOH-sihs
Sentence: Alex's nintendosis affected him to the point that he couldn't hold a pencil in class, and his glazed-over eyes saw little Marios bouncing round the chalkboard.
Etymology: Nintendo + -osis
Gamezombie
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: gaim-zom-bee
Sentence: As deeply immersed as he was in Zelda, he never noticed his girlfriend leaving, nor missing work. Or eating for that matter. He was a complete gamezombie, and would soon be seen roaming the web, muttering: gaaaimes.....gaaaaaaaaaaames...
Etymology: When you are playing like that, you don't notice anything, and just reply Mhpf, to anything. and always looking for the next game. ;) I am definetively a gamezombie myself!
Loservision
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: loo-zer-vizh-uhn
Sentence: Who needs a girlfriend when you've got tons of video games combined with serious loservision.
Etymology: loser + vision
Overcomplaystation
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: Oh-ver-kom-pley-stey-shuhn
Sentence: Some called Timmy a geek while others would call the countless hours he spent on his gaming consule a waste of time, but no one could look away when his overcomplaystation was on full display.
Etymology: Overcompensation - playstation Would have also accepted: Wiidiculous or Xboxorcism
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Lucyof2009.
Thank you Lucyof2009! ~ James
wii - this is fun.
wordmeister - 2007-03-16: 08:35:00
Yes, it's exboxellent!
Discoveria - 2007-03-16: 14:26:00
Please, exercise some selfconsole!
Osomatic - 2007-03-16: 18:20:00
Nintendon't go there.
Today's definition was suggested by Lucyof2009. Thank you Lucyof2009. ~ James