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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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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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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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COMMENTS:
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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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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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
Cybertranced
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SYE - behr - transed
Sentence: Hector had become thoroughly cybertranced and during most of his waking hours was totally absorbed in online gaming, surfing the net, updating his blog and 'googling' one thing after another.
Etymology: Blend of the prefix 'cyber' and tranced, a form of trance (a state of complete mental absorption or deep musing)
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COMMENTS:
Very clever - TJayzz, 2008-07-08: 08:27:00
very melodic word - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-08: 10:58:00
Good one...CYBERTRANCED is descriptive with just the right amount of new-age overtones... - metrohumanx, 2008-07-08: 15:50:00
Excellent. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-09: 03:10:00
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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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COMMENTS:
Great word/sentence/story! lol~ So true! :) - abrakadeborah, 2011-05-09: 09:45:00
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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.
Etymology:
Sluttern
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: slut-turn
Sentence: Sally was so long-engrossed in her Second Life supermodel avatar she was slousy with mites, slovenly and insolvent. No one would dare to date the sluttern in her real life.
Etymology: slattern + slut (both of which mean a slovenly, untidy woman) + SL (Second Life)
Virtuallifed
Created by: pifty
Pronunciation: vrtjualajfd
Sentence: being virtuallifed makes her forget about the real world.
Etymology: virtual + life
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