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'Yeah, I do have a lot of online friends.'

DEFINITION: v. To be so immersed in a virtual world that you forget about your responsibilities to the physical world -- like your job, your family, or even feeding and washing yourself. n. A person who lives exclusively in their imagination.

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Virtuallifed

Created by: pifty

Pronunciation: vrtjualajfd

Sentence: being virtuallifed makes her forget about the real world.

Etymology: virtual + life

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Technastalgia

Created by: duhlawn

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Permajacked

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: PUR-mah-jakd

Sentence: Man, ever since Troy got his high-speed cable, he's been permajacked into World of Warcraft. He THINKS he's an elf paladin, but he smells like an ogre...

Etymology: permanent, jacked

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Netatonic

Created by: cranovich

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Facebookworm

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: fays book worm

Sentence: Felicia is a facebookworm. She has foresaken the boring everyday world to spend her time surfing for long lost people she knew way back when, people she used to work with and new friends from all over the world. Most of these people she used to know, she barely said 2 words to in the past. But now her witty conversations (OMG, 2 die 4)occupy her every moment. She now has over 10,000 friends...what a socialnetwork butterfly!

Etymology: Facebook (social networking site) & Bookworm (someone who immerses themselves in reading, to the exclusion of other activities)

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Great word/sentence/story! lol~ So true! :) - abrakadeborah, 2011-05-09: 09:45:00

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Cyblob

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: si-blob

Sentence: After weeks of playing Warcraft for hours on end, Dave officially became a cyblob and was able to totally ignore Jill's rants about mowing the grass.

Etymology: cyborg, cyber, and blob (a useless lump of flesh)

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Networerized

Created by: Ernie

Pronunciation: Net-Wor-Er-Ized

Sentence: I am online all day every day. I have been fully networerized.

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Arelamnesiac

Created by: serendipity9000

Pronunciation: ar-el-amnesiac

Sentence: She is just across the room, but she still insists on IMing me and even then only responds to her SecondLife name - she is definitely turning into an arelamnesiac.

Etymology: RL = Real Life + amnesiac = one whose memory has been disturbed

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She's definitely a very 'e-nal' person! Graet original word!! - Stevenson0, 2007-05-08: 21:11:00

**great** - Stevenson0, 2007-05-08: 21:12:00

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Realignore

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ɹiˌæləɡˈnɔːɹ/ /rE-'a-l&g-'nor/

Sentence: Those who realignore their physical lives need to realize that their corporeal bodies are a lot like virtual pets and require frequent attention; in many cases the problem becomes substance neglect.

Etymology: From reality + ignore

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The most overlooked word of the day! Good one!! - Stevenson0, 2007-05-08: 21:21:00

Thanks. I like "substance neglect" better, but it's not a verb, and it's two words. - ErWenn, 2007-05-09: 00:26:00

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Cyberslump

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: sigh-bur-slump

Sentence: Peter was so drawn into his virtual world of gaming and blogging that he was largely oblivious to things happening in the outside world - he was in a cyberslump.

Etymology: cyber (internet ala William Gibson) + slump

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This made me LOL. - HubbMU, 2007-05-08: 10:11:00

Good one! It's what I'm in now!! - Stevenson0, 2007-05-08: 21:18:00

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-08: 02:33:00
Today's definition was inspired by Cory Doctorow's short story "Anda's Game" which is published in Overclocked. It was also suggested by HubbMU.
Thank you Cory and HubbMU! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-08: 09:53:00
Weeklink rants again and uncovers a few lost words from last week's verbacious verbuttle. Read: The Cup of Verbotomy, Part Deux.

HubbMU - 2007-05-08: 10:08:00
Thanks for using my definition!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-08: 10:31:00
Thank you HubbMu. It's a great definition. A lot of people can relate to it -- especially if they are gamers or bloggers. ~ James

purpleartichokes - 2007-05-08: 12:52:00
Great to see all the new Verbotomists!

metrohumanx metrohumanx - 2008-07-08: 16:04:00
ECLUSIONIST is pretty good.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-11-24: 00:34:00
Today's definition was suggested by doctorow. Thank you doctorow. ~ James

cybersloth - 2010-01-02: 06:40:00
I would like to rebut your comments on the definition of cybersloth seen here (http://www.verbotomy.com/verbottle.php?jargonism_id=6790). 'cybersloth' is methodical and accurate, knows what move to make but it may take time. Not the friend of the impatient. From a theological view point I feel that you are free to think what you will about any subject; however you must be careful because all actions have consequences. Luckily I am not easily offended. I believe that I am not the only cybersloth, I may be the only one that is spelt exclusively with all lower case. By the way, I don’t use social networking sites and spend more time working on local resources both ‘hard’ and ‘soft’, if this does not make sense to you………. cybersloth. 02-01-2010