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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.
Verboticisms
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Technerdalertology
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: tek nerd alert all ogee
Sentence: Sheldon was in the middle of an international on line video challenge and was determined to win. Only problem was that his Mom knew about his technerdalertology. That mattered not to her...what mattered in her world was that he had been in the same dirty underpants and clothes for over a week and had only eaten ten pizzas and 12 cokes to sustain him in that time. It was just about time to pull the plug on little Mr. Whinestein...after all, he was only 7 years old!
Etymology: Tech (Technical, characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences) & Nerd Alert (Term used to call attention to a social or societal outcast)& -Ology ( an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge)
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
Wiiiriness
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: wee ree ness
Sentence: Mind body and soul combined perfectly with the consol as he displayed exceptional wiiiriness
Etymology: wiii - the ultimate game challenge riness - creating the noun
Mariopia
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: marr-ee-oo-pee-a
Sentence: Clyde suffered from Mariopia and it ruined his life. It started out with a simple Gameboy--black and white screen, bad graphics. Yet he was compelled to conquer it, and was willing to let his life fall into shambles around him. Today, Clyde is so destitute that he has taken to hanging around Best Buy looking for some kid who he can convince to "test drive" Mario Kart on the store's demo Wiis. The scene usually ends with the kid crying, Clyde taunting and security escorting him off the premises.
Etymology: Mario, the ubiquitous gaming brothers, combined with suffix "opia" which means affecting vision.
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COMMENTS:
A Mario made in Heaven...good word - Nosila, 2009-10-02: 23:32:00
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Virtitude
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: ver-ti-tyood
Sentence: Doug is on the last level of Moon Patrol. He is in serious vertitude, bro.
Etymology: Virtual, attitude
Wiitusi
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: wee-TOO-see
Sentence: When Brandon pops in Mario Party 8 and begins his crazy wiitusi, nothing is safe. His mom finally gave up and just removed all the remaining unbroken Hummels from the family room.
Etymology: wii (vid game) + watusi (the dance, not th e tribe). I am probably dating myself with this one...
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COMMENTS:
this is good! - wordmeister, 2007-03-16: 08:37:00
Hey, The Orlons are still around! http://www.theorlons.com/ - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-16: 12:48:00
man, I went groovin over there, I thought you meant the cylons-http://www.cylon.org/ - Alchemist, 2007-03-16: 14:07:00
DOH! WAH Watusi! THOSE orlons! I thought u were just interjecting a 60's era non-sequiter... - Alchemist, 2007-03-16: 15:53:00
Looks like Buck Rogers' outfits were crafted from Orlon. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-17: 04:55:00
No, I think he got them on Earth! - Alchemist, 2007-03-17: 06:23:00
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Clickeratic
Created by: Mobelia
Pronunciation: click-err-a-tick
Sentence: His intense focus on the video game he played removed any self-consciousness over the clickeratic dance he performed.
Etymology: from Click as in pressing buttons as on the controls for a video game from Erratic as in unpredictable idiosyncracies
Twiiking
Created by: revolver23
Pronunciation: tweaking
Sentence: He was up all night, wasn't eating, wasn't bathing. Just playing video tennis. Dude was twiiking.
Etymology: Amphetamine addiction leads to twitchiness, paranoia, and obsession. Addicts are called tweakers.
Desensitwitch
Created by: Maureen
Pronunciation: de- sens - a - twitch
Sentence: Once that gameboy goes on his desensitwich condition becomes immediately apparent.
Etymology: From desensitized - to make less sensitve to external stimuli and twitch- to jerk suddenly.
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