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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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Depitute

Created by: Bertie

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I broke into the flat only to find that the poor soul was already depitute.

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Blogtied

hooterbug

Created by: hooterbug

Pronunciation: blôg'tahyd

Sentence: Sally's mom was getting a wee bit tired of tripping on the laptop power cord while vacuuming around her blogtied, couch potato of a daughter.

Etymology: Combination of BLOG (an abridgment of the term web log) is a website, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. + HOGTIE (To restrict the activity or free movement of)

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-08: 13:29:00

metrohumanx BLOGTIED is excellent. Fun to say. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-08: 15:50:00

Wish I'd thought of it first. - Mustang, 2008-07-08: 21:12:00

Funny & fantastic - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-09: 03:30:00

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Virmit

metrohumanx

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: VERM-IT

Sentence: With the advent of the 286PC and the low-speed dialup, Roscoe had become a VIRMIT in his own home, letting the junk mail build up as he explored the infinite realm of the World-Wide Waste. Clearly, his life was CURSORED.

Etymology: VIRtual+herMIT

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx No points for spelling - metrohumanx, 2008-07-08: 16:08:00

metrohumanx Awww- nobody likes my VERMIT. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-10: 21:01:00

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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:

metrohumanx LAPTRAPPED is good.Punchy, bold and dynamic. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-08: 15:46:00

For exercise she could always lap-dance! - Nosila, 2008-07-08: 19:35:00

So many excellent words today. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-09: 03:31:00

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Eblivious

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ee bliv ee us

Sentence: Joanie become so addicted to her computer, that she became eblivious to everyone and everything else around her. Between her e-mails, surfing the Net, playing games, shopping online, ordering food electronically, competing on her daily Verbotomy site, gambling on-line, doing surveys and writing her own blog about the life she used to lead as a human, she had no time for anything else. Not only did she let her personal hygiene and appearance lapse, she was developing rectangular eyeballs and callouses on her fingertips from clicking and dragging all day and night. What would become of her when they shut off her e-lectricity and she had to face the real world once again? Oh, Joanie, how your eblivion has cost you...

Etymology: e - (shortcut prefix for electronic) & oblivious - (unaware of or paying no attention to somebody or something; forgetting about somebody or something)

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COMMENTS:

Best of the day! - Mustang, 2008-07-08: 21:11:00

Another great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-09: 03:32:00

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Technegligent

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /tek-NEG-li-juhnt/

Sentence: Ralph's character in World of Warcraft was awesome — with some of the best armor and weapons available. But Ralph was technegligent IRL. He hadn't shaved or bathed in 4 or 5 days, and he'd barely slept in the last week. He'd called in sick at work twice, but after that he hadn't even bothered, and they'd finally stopped calling to leave him messages. He seemed to recall a girl he'd been dating, but she'd stopped calling, too... Anyway, his character rocked! That's what was important, wasn't it?

Etymology: Technology - electronic or digital products and systems (from Greek, tekhnologia "science of the mechanical and industrial arts") + negligent - failing in what duty requires; derelict or delinquent (from Latin, neglegere "to make light of, disregard")

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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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COMMENTS:

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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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

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Webfish

Created by: eljono

Pronunciation:

Sentence: That guy is so webfish, he's been online all day and hasn't fed hid kid yet.

Etymology: web + selfish

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Imagaddict

Created by: grahaff

Pronunciation: i maj ad dikt

Sentence: I am sick and tired off looking in through the window and seeing you imagaddicting while I enjoy the sun outside.

Etymology: imagination (the faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses) + addict (a person who is obsessed with something in particular)

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Comments:

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