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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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Nerditis

Created by: Karuma

Pronunciation: nurd-ite-iss

Sentence: dont' worry he's got nerditis, he'll be fine in a bit.

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Gamertrance

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: gay-mer-trance

Sentence: Corey was out of it, he had been playing the game for a long time and now he was in a gamertrace and unable to focus on anything else.

Etymology: gamer (one who plays games) + trance (a state of reduced aweness sometimes marked by intense focus)

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I wanted to suggest something like this, but I was way to slow ;) - allwise, 2007-03-16: 04:43:00

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Nesmerization

Created by: Boyo461

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Jack was in a state of NESMERIZATION due to a particularly challenging game of Super Mario Bros.

Etymology: NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) + Mesmerization

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Consolepsy

Created by: urbanwookie

Pronunciation: kon-soh-lehp-say

Sentence: Janet could only hope that Michael would outgrow his juvenile consolepsy...even if, at 36, it seemed unlikely.

Etymology: console + epilepsy/narcolepsy

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Spaztwiitch

Created by: catgrin

Pronunciation: spaz-tweech

Sentence: After 18 hours playing WoW Jimmy'd entered a state of spaztwiich. He didn't even hear his girlfriend slam the door on the way out.

Etymology: spaz (spastic) + twitch + wii

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Zombwii

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Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: zahmb-weee

Sentence: It takes mere minutee for Dale to become a Zombwii when he starts playing Call of Dookie. I tried to pry the controller from his hands and he started wailing, "Gaaaames!! I need gaaames!"

Etymology: Zombie + wii

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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

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Wiiwee

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: wee-wee

Sentence: Herman earned his nickname, Wiiwee Herman, when he was playing a game with his friends and wouldn't stop for anything -- even nature. He wiggled and writhed and danced in place until he finished his game, much to the delight and amusement of his fellow gamers.

Etymology: wii: a game system + weewee: in babyspeak -- to have to urinate (PeeWee Herman, played by actor Paul Reubens, was a popular comic character in children's television from 1986 to 1991. He enjoyed tremendous success until he was discovered engaging in some compulsive behavior of his own)

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Excuse me...have to see a man about a horse! - Nosila, 2009-10-02: 23:40:00

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

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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.

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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