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DEFINITION: v., To be so obsessed with the lives of celebrities that you neglect your own personal affairs, responsibilities and hygiene. n., A person who is infatuated with celebrities.
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Hyperglitteratimania
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Hi-per-glit-ter-are-tee-main-ee-ah
Sentence: The world has always looked for celebrities to give their lives a standard for wishful fantasy. However, in today's multimedia environment, this has become elevated to a state of Hyperglitteratimania!
Etymology: Hyper- To be elevated beyond reality. / Glitterati- Coloquial form of popular celebrity. / Mania- All-consuming obsession
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COMMENTS:
I like the epidemic proportions of your sentence and Hyperglitteratimania! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:52:00
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Obsessceleb
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ob - SESS - seh - leb
Sentence: Every day Prunella would obsessceleb endlessly over her favorite show biz personalities as she pored over the gossip magazines.
Etymology: obsession - celebrity
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COMMENTS:
Very descryptive! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:29:00
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Celebremania
Created by: lauram22
Pronunciation: ce-le-bre-man-ia
Sentence: Jenny has celebremania, she is obsessed with celebs!
Etymology: celeb- a famous person re- mania- excessice addiction
Popnotized
Created by: p382c
Pronunciation: ---
Sentence: mommy's been popnotized by the e! channel!
Etymology: pop + hypnotized
Starsessed
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: star/sess/ed
Sentence: Jennifer is so starsessed that she knows who every major Hollywood actor is dating, which night clubs they frequent, their favourite designers and the amount of money they make each year, but forgot her daughter's birthday. This celebnatic behaviour is the reason she's a single mother.
Etymology: star + obsessed
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COMMENTS:
Starsesses causing brain absesses (holes where important things fall through) ? ! The power of those 4 words 'forgot her daughter's birthday' overwhelmed me. Excellent strength in your sentence ... and your verboticism! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 11:25:00
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Dumstardiver
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: dum-star-die-vher
Sentence: Greg Legregarious was sunk in the depths of infanity. He was so starstruck he spent his time idylly diving into their lives. He was nothing but a dumstardiver!
Etymology: Dumbstruck by stars, diving into their lives = a dumstardiver. A play on dumpster diver!
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COMMENTS:
It really is garbage they're diving into - so sad - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-15: 11:09:00
nice word! and i agree with jabberwocky, it so sad - 8Revolution8, 2008-02-15: 14:25:00
That is brilliant. - Maxine, 2008-02-15: 19:28:00
trashy ho's fo sho - nice one - swallowedbyafish, 2008-02-16: 13:34:00
Yeh, trashy. Probably find Beavis & Butthead in there! Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-17: 16:44:00
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Thradolatrize
Created by: novaspectyr
Pronunciation: thruh-dol-uh-trize
Sentence: I became thradolatrized by the account of Ms. Hilton's latest video publication. n. thradolater
Etymology: thrall (slave) + idolatrize (to make into an idol)
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COMMENTS:
Very original angle in your sentence and etymology. Very interesting! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 20:46:00
Thrad: such a strong word element! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-17: 16:49:00
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Vaparazzi
Created by: Banky
Pronunciation: vahp-ah-rot-see
Sentence: The cubicle walls appeared to waver and then fix, and spots began to appear at the edges of Robert's sight. The worst headache of his life was beginning to effect his vision. He tasted blood in his mouth and realized he had nearly bitten through his lip. A peal of shrieking laughter washed over the wall from the adjacent cubicle. "I can't believe she left Ryan Phillipe! He's so cute!", squealed a nasally laser voice. "And did you see Kirstie Alley got dropped from Jenny Craig for getting fat again." the other gasped with breathless exhileration. Robert had done all he could; he had taken the issue to his supervisor, to HR, to the anonymous complaint line, but no one seemed concerned with the fact that the mind-splitting caterwauling day in and day out had prevented Robert from finishing the same report for three weeks straight. He swore he could hear their giggling in his sleep, and as his bloodshot eyes flicked aimlessly around the cubicle, the fabric walls beginning to get closer, as he looked desperately for a way out. A day later the headlines would declare "Lesbian Network Support Pair Found at HP in Apparent Murder-suicide". Photographs showed the Blade server unit used to bludgeon Marie, and the ethernet cable Darlene had managed to hang herself with. As he wiped the last traces of the tawdry note he had left at the scene from his thumb drive, and demolished it with a hammer, Robert thought that the two vaparazzi would be proud. Instead of reading sensational headlines, they were now making them.
Etymology: vapid + paparazzi
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COMMENTS:
Frightfully good sentence. Your sentences make me wonder if you are a professional author of mysteries and murder mysteries! Vaparazzi is so fun to say and evokes lots of mind play! Excellent etymology and creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 11:33:00
Thanks for the compliment, but I'm just a scientist...I obviously do enjoy writing the stories, though. Quite possibly as much as making up the words, as witnessed by this exceedingly long Tolstoy (in length only, not quality) - Banky, 2008-02-15: 12:19:00
Your colleagues are in for a treat if you write your scientific papers as interestingly and excitingly as you write here! I was stunned you are not a professional author of fiction! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 20:36:00
Like a modern-day Edgar Allen Poe. Creepy, but ultimately satisfying story. Great Verboticism too! - Tigger, 2008-02-15: 22:38:00
Great word and tale! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-17: 16:53:00
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Created by: TheStorialist
Pronunciation: MAYR-ih-lin-mawn-ROH-ment (esp. breathlessly)
Sentence: I foolishly chose to wear a skirt on a windy day, and nearly had a Marilynmonroment.
Etymology: Finnish.
Celebaddiction
Created by: Sibahi
Pronunciation: Se-le-bad-dik-shen
Sentence: Tired from his personal life, Joey turned into a celebaddict. He followed tabloids and gossip all over the globe about celebrities like Posh and Becks!!
Etymology: Celebrity - addiction
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COMMENTS:
Can you develop a course of treatment for celebaddiction? Good choice in making addiction part of your creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 20:28:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Tigger. Thank you Tigger. ~ James
Nosila - 2008-02-15: 02:00:00
Tigger, great idea! Did you think of it when you were hanging out with Demi/Ashton/Bruce at Sundance or as a guest at Eddy Murphy's fake wedding or schmoozing with Heidi and Seal at that Versace Fashion thingy?? Do tell, enquiring minds want to know...
Tigger - 2008-02-15: 02:46:00
Oh, the Versace thing! Wasn't that just absolutely fab? All my peeps were there and... Well no, I wasn't actually there, but I uh — I read all about it. I could've gone, but I was still distraught over the Pam Anderson divorce. [Ok, I'm giving myself the creeps now — I hate people who talk like that!]
Today's definition was suggested by Tigger. Thank you Tigger. ~ James
Genkareink - 2019-05-07: 22:20:00
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