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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.
Verboticisms
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Virtualfeeder
Created by: guesser
Pronunciation: virtual - feeder
Sentence: Who's more apt to become a virtualfeeder? Men? or Women?
Etymology:
Figmentity
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: fig MENT i tee
Sentence: Ava Tar ran an online business, ordered most things she needed on the Internet for home delivery, and "socialized" mostly with her online "friends," so she rarely left the house because she didn't need to. She existed mainly as a web-based figmentity. Unfortunately, she realized too late that her online "friends" couldn't help her with moving to her new apartment.
Etymology: figment + entity (being, existence, something or someone having a real existence)
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COMMENTS:
Love her name. too! - Nosila, 2009-11-24: 23:19:00
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Technohermit
Created by: heb319
Pronunciation: tek no her mit
Sentence: Marie had been a technohermit since her last break up. For weeks she sat on her couch playing games on facebook, yet refused to answer her phone, leave her house, or take a shower.
Etymology: techno = technology hermit
Pretendemic
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: pre-tend-em-ick
Sentence: Jane's neglect of personal hygeine, nutrition and fresh air in favour of instant messaging her online buddies was a clear sign that she'd succumbed to the virtual reality pretendemic.
Etymology: pretend (make believe) & endemic (a disease characteristic of certain places or people)
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COMMENTS:
Good word! - Nosila, 2011-04-13: 18:56:00
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Ingrossed
Created by: mana1066
Pronunciation: in growst
Sentence: The only thing that remover her from her igrossed state was the tingling pain on her ass bone from sitting too long. and then, she oud just stand up
Etymology: internet+ engrossed
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COMMENTS:
i know it's a real word already! but it works, right? - mana1066, 2007-05-08: 22:45:00
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Laptrapped
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: lap/trap/ed
Sentence: Jenny was no different from many of her friends, laptrapped and totally emersed and esnared in her virtual world, fingers poised at her keyboard ready to discuss and solve all her friends' problems.
Etymology: LAPTRAPPED - verb - from LAPTOP (a portable, battery-powered computer small enough to rest on the user's lap) + TRAPPED (to ensnare, or capture and prevent from escaping, or getting free)
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COMMENTS:
Lapracadabra - Nosila, 2009-11-24: 23:18:00
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Abstimulate
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: ab-STIM-yuh-leyt
Sentence: John's preoccupation with Second Life bordered on hopeless abstimulation. (A possible synonym might be "circumvirtuate" or "circumvirtualize.")
Etymology: Portmanteau: abstain + simulation
Networerized
Created by: Ernie
Pronunciation: Net-Wor-Er-Ized
Sentence: I am online all day every day. I have been fully networerized.
Etymology:
Virtrance
Created by: greytellie
Pronunciation: ver-transs
Sentence: I found myself completely virtranced by the charm of on-line communities.
Etymology: Vir...for virtual and trance...a state of complete mental absorption or deep musing
Oblivionline
Created by: vetmommy2
Pronunciation: Uh-Bliv-ee-on-lyne
Sentence: He was so oblivionline that he often forgot about his only real friends, his goldfish, spending many late night hours trying to create punny definitions and chatting with other fellow oblivionlinuses.
Etymology: Oblivious: to be unaware of one's surroundings or situation + On-line, a world where reality is marginalized.
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COMMENTS:
OBLIVIONLINE- I love it, vetmommy2 !
I squandered my votes already... sorry :) - metrohumanx, 2008-07-10: 21:00:00
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Comments:
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
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!
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!
ECLUSIONIST is pretty good.
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