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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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Xtasy

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ek-stuh-see

Sentence: When Wendel kinects to his game console he is in xtasy. The only his mother can bring him out of it is to wave a large bag of Cheese Doodles in front of him.

Etymology: Xbox (Microsoft game console) + ecstasy (rapturous delight)

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Videowiiality

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: vid - eee - ooo - wee - al - et - ee

Sentence: No one could get Jonah's attention for the past two days. He was clearly in videowiiality and we were all worried. We thought he was becoming dehydrated and it looked like his game system had become his new hallucinogenic.

Etymology: video, wii, reality

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COMMENTS:

artr Don\'t tell me Jonah forgot his energy drink! - artr, 2009-10-02: 12:22:00

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Ninzendo

Created by: ShaggE

Pronunciation:

Sentence: "Hugh was in a state of utter Ninzendo while playing his Wii."

Etymology: Zen + Nintendo.

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Induhzone

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: in duh zone

Sentence: she started to put her clothes back on knowing there wasn't much hope of anything happening when he was induhzone

Etymology: in the zone, Duh.

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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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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

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Simpnosis

Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: simp-no-sis

Sentence: Often when people are in a state of simpnonsis, they can respond to attempted interactions with grunts or autmatic answers but don't actually process what is being said to them.

Etymology: from hypnosis + the sims

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Levelupsy

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Lev-ell-up-see

Sentence: Patient S is the first documented case of fatal levelupsy. S had a history of chronic gaming; patient was discovered convulsing upon couch, ignoring symptoms of asphyxia while playing a common console game.

Etymology: Level up + epilepsy. Epilepsy: a chronic nervous system disorder causing seizures.

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petaj Hope that fatalepsy count doesn't get too high. - petaj, 2007-03-16: 04:33:00

well done! - galwaywegian, 2007-03-16: 04:59:00

mwaa, levelupsy, or its curtainsy, mugsy. mwaa...(ok, after that bad impression, you definitely got my vote :) - Alchemist, 2007-03-16: 14:12:00

great word! - rikboyee, 2007-03-16: 17:14:00

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Wiivulsion

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: wee vull shun

Sentence: Terry was in a full state of wiivulsion which nobody was going to be able to get him out of for several hours.

Etymology: from the wii and convulsion for the twitching and compulsion for the not being able to seperate from it.

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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

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-16: 00:01:18
Today's definition was suggested by Lucyof2009.
Thank you Lucyof2009! ~ James

petaj petaj - 2007-03-16: 04:35:00
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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-10-02: 00:31:00
Today's definition was suggested by Lucyof2009. Thank you Lucyof2009. ~ James