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'Drop that controller right now!'

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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Ngagerage

Created by: Jabberwocky

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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

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Videopath

Created by: logan260

Pronunciation: vid-e-o-path

Sentence: He's a great guy and likes gaming but tends to get videopathic after a couple of hours.

Etymology: videopath...i.e. psychopath, sociopath etc.

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Vidiosyncrasies

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: vidēəsingkrəsē

Sentence: Jill hates holiday weekends. After a three-day binge on the Xbox her husband exhibits his most obnoxious vidiosyncrasies, bouncing off the walls, pretending to shoot, stab or blow her up. It’s all she can do to get him in his suit and off to work. It scares her sometimes knowing that he is the CEO at a nuclear power plant.

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

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Inconsoleable

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ink on sow lab ell

Sentence: without his games console he was inconsoleable

Etymology: console inconsolable

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Electrauma

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ilektroumə

Sentence: Summer has not been good for Billy. After 3 straight days of video gaming, he is having a bad case of electrauma. His game of choice, Grand Theft Auto, has left him a virtual vidiot. Everything he picks up becomes a weapon. When he tried to stab his roommate with a toothbrush the attendants at his nursing home decided it was time to cut off his game privileges and get him to sleep.

Etymology: electronic (relating to or carried out using a computer or other electronic device) + trauma (emotional shock following a stressful event or a physical injury)

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COMMENTS:

vidiot - hilarious! Good word! - splendiction, 2009-07-27: 20:53:00

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Gamger

Created by: mike6426

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Playtation

bjorn

Created by: bjorn

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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)

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Gamentalosis

Created by: ChrisCarrk

Pronunciation: game-ent-a-losis

Sentence: He had a severe case of gamentalosis after playing 7 sraight hours on the computer.

Etymology: game+mental

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Gameger

Created by: hvhtim

Pronunciation: GAME-gur

Sentence: I was full of gameger when my mom interrupted my verbotomization.

Etymology: game, anger

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Actiofog

Created by: labareda

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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.