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DEFINITION: n. A state of extreme agitation developed after extended periods of non-stop video game participation; commonly affects males of all ages! v. To twist yourself up into a knot while playing video games.
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Xboxic
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: ex-box-ick
Sentence: After his wife pulled the plug on his xbox, Marty went into a state of xboxic shock. Fortunately, she knew that it was the game talking, not him...
Etymology: exbox + toxic
Exasperstation
Created by: dekra
Pronunciation: Eggs-ass-per-stay-shun
Sentence: When Tommy emerged from the tunnel vision that COD became after 4 hours, he was in a state of extreme exaasperstation.
Etymology: Exasperation + PlayStation
Nintension
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My inability to move to the next level in the game caused a severe case of nintension.
Etymology: Nintendo + tension
Overgeeked
Created by: jboehnker
Pronunciation: Oh ver geekd'
Sentence: The police officer was unsympathetic to Bob's claim that he was only speeding because he overgeeked on Rad Racer that evening.
Etymology: overdosed + geek
Playtation
Created by: bjorn
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His playtation was palpable and frightening, only surpassed in intensity by the noise of the blowers themselves.
Etymology: play + agitation (and sounds like PlayStation)
Ngagerage
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His nervous system was so electrified by the intensity of 'Creatures of the Deep' that her nagging caused extreme ngagerage.
Etymology: road rage + N-GAGE
Quitrage
Created by: Composite
Pronunciation: [kuɪtɹeɪʤ]
Sentence: Jack had been binging on Call of Duty for hours. He had quitraged when his girlfriend wanted to go out to the park instead. He still is ready to unleash his quitrage on anyone else should they interrupt him.
Etymology: Formed on a similar line to ragequit.
Videovexation
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: vid/ee/oh/vex/a/shun
Sentence: Listen Harry, I know you get a real kick out of roaming around your apocalyptic world on a turbo-charged white steed whomping all manner of ghouls and gremlins, but please control your "videovexation", or I shall have to call 911!
Etymology: video + vexation (what some might say is a lethal combination of words with unintended consequences)
Hyperwiiality
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: hyp-er-wee-al-i-ty
Sentence: Mrs. Fudd found Elmer in a state of hyperwiiality when she returned from a visit to her parents and saw that he had been playing video games since she left and had not stopped to eat or sleep. "At least I don't have to do the dishes," she thought as she pulled the plug.
Etymology: hyperreality: blurring the lines of reality and fantasy as in video gaming or online virtual reality. Hyperreality tricks the consciousness into accepting artificially contrived stimulation instead a conscious emotional involvement + Wii: a video game system (Elmer Fudd -- a Looney Tunes cartoon character who couldn't pronounce the letter r in words and substituted the letter w instead)
Comments:
splendiction - 2009-07-27: 20:51:00
vidiot - hilarious! Good word!
splendiction - 2009-07-27: 20:52:00
Oopp, that last comment was meant for artr's word.