Verboticisms

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: ShaggE

Pronunciation:

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

Etymology: Zen + Nintendo.

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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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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: vidēəsingkrəsēz

Sentence: Most people have a particular way of playing their video games. For most it is subtle, maybe a tilt of the head or grunt that accompanies a certain action. For Andrew, it’s much more than that. His collection of videocyncrasies makes it almost impossible for anybody to play with him in person. The local video cafe once called 911 thinking he was having a seisure.

Etymology: video [game] (a game played by electronically manipulating images produced by a computer program on a television screen or other display screen) + idiosyncrasy (a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual)

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COMMENTS:

love it - galwaywegian, 2011-02-21: 04:45:00

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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: 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:

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

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Created by: Betty

Pronunciation: Left-Left-Jump....and so on.

Sentence: Researchers announced yesterday they have found a way of testing unborn babies for signs of LeftLeftJumpLeftFireDuckDowns (LLJLFDD Syndrome) in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.

Etymology: Originating from a special move, password or way-of-getting-through-The-Boss-level (known to, memorised and perfected by only teenage boys and gaming obsessives who found it on the internet)

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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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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: 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.

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