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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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Stinkohsurfer
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: stink-oh-sur-fer
Sentence: Bethanie Ohreeker lived on her computer and was known as being a reclusive stinkohsurfer girl.
Etymology: Stink - To Smell Badly, Body Odor Surfer - One who surfs the web.
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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Netwrecked
Created by: zrotv
Pronunciation: net - rek -d
Sentence: I had a lot of stuff to do this weekend, but then I started reading wikipedia and got totally netwrecked.
Etymology: network + wrecked
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
Gonline
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: gone/line
Sentence: James realized that he was going to have to wash his own socks because Judy was gonline again.
Etymology: gone (as in not here) + on-line
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COMMENTS:
Very good! Says it without a definition. - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-08: 04:38:00
like it - galwaywegian, 2007-05-08: 05:17:00
Why couldn't he wash them anyway. No wonder Judy was always online if she was the designated sock-washer. The grass is always #008000er on the cyber side. - petaj, 2007-05-08: 05:46:00
Oh and great word by the way - petaj, 2007-05-08: 05:46:00
Ha, great word. Love the comment by Petaj. Made me laugh. - Jeaneai, 2007-05-08: 08:54:00
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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
Cyberspuck
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: SAHY - ber - spuhk
Sentence: Cory has been severely cyberspucked that he thinks that Mozilla Firefox is the name of his pet, his home is located at http://www.myspace.com/coryhome and that AOL is his Provider and his Father.
Etymology: cyberspace + suck (to draw in or be drawn in) + Spock from Star Trek (being technically proficient but socially conscious)
Ethertised
Created by: giveaphuk
Pronunciation: ee ther tis ed
Sentence: she was so ethertised that she forgot to pick up her children from school.
Etymology:
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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COMMENTS:
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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Cyberloser
Created by: daisy
Pronunciation: sy-ber-loo-zer
Sentence: "No, it's not cool that you are a level 4 wizard on everquest - you're such a cyberloser."
Etymology:
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