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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.
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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
Microselfed
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: my - kro - selfd
Sentence: Jed was a difficult person to carry on a conversation with. He was so microselfed that he only imagined himself. He felt only truly alive as an avatar and ceased to belive in real friends; only imaginary ones sufficed now. In those few minutes that he did "look up" from his laptop, all we saw was a blank stare and no recognition that he knew who we were either.
Etymology: micro (microcomputer, Microsoft, self
Eclusionist
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: E-kluh-SHUN-ist.
Sentence: Roxie became so immersed in a world of virtual reality that she became e-communicado; an Eclusionist (E-clusionist) living in a world of E-bay, E-food and, when speaking, doing so only in in E-speranto.
Etymology: E: prefix used to describe anything related to the internet; cyberspace & CLUDERE: to shut up, enclose, close up, confine," from L. secludere "shut off, confine," "to shut". Meaning "to remove from public view" Based on seclusion ; exclusionist. Cognates: Eclusion; Eclusionery, Eclusionate.
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COMMENTS:
sounds a bit e-litist - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-08: 13:31:00
E-xcellent word... - Nosila, 2008-07-08: 19:33:00
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Emmersed
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: eee murst
Sentence: she became so Emmersed in her second life that she would have festered away altogether had her broadband coverage been anything as good as she was told it would be.
Etymology: immersed, e as in electronic
Blogtied
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
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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Myspacize
Created by: mishmish
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I've been myspacized for weeks now
Etymology: my space, and space out, in a way
Oversimulated
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: o-ver-sim-u-la-ted
Sentence: Ben could become oversimulated while going on virtual dates online. He would take his laptop into his room and shut the door for hours on end. Mother was happy because she didn't have to worry about him running off with some hussy and Ben was happy because real girls were scarey.
Etymology: stimulated: to excite functional activity (sexual or mental) + overstimulated: a trigger or event that causes hyperactivity or over-excitement in children or adults + simulated: virtual reality; a model meant to resemble a real situation
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COMMENTS:
good one Mrs. K. - mweinmann, 2009-11-25: 08:30:00
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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.
Uploadead
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: up-low-dead
Sentence: She uploadead herself into hyperheaven.
Etymology: upload - for uploading your mind dead - because you might seem dead to others while walking happily in the invisible cloudy of hyperheaven...
Netwasted
Created by: ratika
Pronunciation: n-at-whaist-ed
Sentence: Are you netwasted, do you feel that your computer is your only friend, then you might be suffering from webism? Call this number and ask for help.
Etymology: Net (short for internet)+ wasted
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