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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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Wiivulsion
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.
Nintendzone
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: nin + tend + zone
Sentence: I used to get so far into the nintendzone when I was playing Mario Brothers that I'd find myself thinking I *was* Mario.
Etymology: Nintendo Zone!
Ninzendo
Created by: ShaggE
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "Hugh was in a state of utter Ninzendo while playing his Wii."
Etymology: Zen + Nintendo.
Joystickness
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: joy stik ness
Sentence: Zack played video games endlessly each evening after school, on the school bus, in class and all weekend long, without sleep or proper nuitrition. He was actually suffering from joystickness and his folks had to have an intervention to finally get him into a wiidrawal program.
Etymology: Joystick (a manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers and video games) & sickness ( impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism; also a compulsion)
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.
Ludisomnium
Created by: PythianHabenero
Pronunciation: loo-diss-om-nee-um
Sentence: The state of ludisomnium entered into by gamers everywhere is a mystery to outsiders.
Etymology: Latin "ludus" game, "somnio, -ere" to dream - a game-dream or game-trance.
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
Gamertose
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: gay-merr-tose
Sentence: there was no point trying to contact Allan between 5 and 11 in the evening as he was always gamertose
Etymology: gamer, comatose
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COMMENTS:
Nice! - allwise, 2007-03-16: 04:43:00
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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.
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