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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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Appleoplexy
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: app ell op lex ee
Sentence: She suffered from appleoplexy . I I I
Etymology: apoplext apple
Webism
Created by: Andradir
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I was so struck by my webism that I forgot that particular date.
Etymology:
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
Egnore
Created by: benjamin
Pronunciation: eeg-nore
Sentence: When I tried to ask my girlfriend out to dinner she egnored me, but at least she sent me a message on face book telling me to log on ICQ that night so we could chat.
Etymology: e (prefix for things digital or electronic) + ignore
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COMMENTS:
Good word! - Stevenson0, 2007-05-08: 21:16:00
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Nerdificated
Created by: Jeaneai
Pronunciation: Ner-diff-eh-kate-ed
Sentence: I haven't seen Robert around the office since he started playing Runescape. D'you think he's been nerdificated?
Etymology: Nerd, Something ending with -ificated
Cyberspacey
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: sy-ber-spay-see
Sentence: If you need help, don't ask Stacey -- She's too cyberspacey.
Etymology: cyber + spacey
Denialine
Created by: Jeannie
Pronunciation: deny/a/line
Sentence: Her personal hygene had plummeted, she had become a slovern, her denialine was absolute!
Etymology:
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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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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Virtucosmitis
Created by: Guthlaf1
Pronunciation: VER-tyoo-KOZ-my-TISS
Sentence: I'm afraid he's come down with a bad case of virtucosmitis, Mrs Jenkins. We recommend either confiscating his electronic equipment, or locking him away in a padded room, for life.
Etymology: From "virtual" + "cosmos" (universe) + "-itis"
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