Verboticisms

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)

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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

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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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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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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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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).

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Created by: swallowedbyafish

Pronunciation:

Sentence: He had been trapped in an intense nintendaze for hours.

Etymology: nintendo + daze

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COMMENTS:

Nice! I guess the problem was never nintended to surface... - Discoveria, 2007-03-16: 04:15:00

ninterrific - galwaywegian, 2007-03-16: 04:58:00

He had always had latent nintendencies... - Alchemist, 2007-03-16: 11:23:00

ninthank you - swallowedbyafish, 2007-03-16: 11:49:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: ex-box-I-tis

Sentence: After a lengthy session playing games Delbert suddenly began to experience severe Xboxitis that included tremors, loss of motor skills and eventually resulted in his entering a catatonic state.

Etymology: Combination of Xbox with suffix 'itis - with nouns - denoting abnormal states or conditions, excesses, tendencies, obsessions, etc. ( telephonitis; baseballitis ).

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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

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: sim + drone

Sentence: The original diagnosis was acronymosis, but it became clear from his concentration on the console that he had simdrone brought on by extensive use of Sims for PS2, manifesting in a constant moaning about the characters and game commands accompanied by tics.

Etymology: Syndrome (a set of symptoms) + Sims (simulation video game) + drone (continuous noise)

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