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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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Pseudomersifliction
Created by: everdred
Pronunciation: sudo (like unix), merci (like french), fliction (like something or the other)
Sentence:
Etymology: pseudo (fake) [im]'mersi (something suggesting immersion) [af]'fliction
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)
Figmentity
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: fig MENT i tee
Sentence: Ava Tar ran an online business, ordered most things she needed on the Internet for home delivery, and "socialized" mostly with her online "friends," so she rarely left the house because she didn't need to. She existed mainly as a web-based figmentity. Unfortunately, she realized too late that her online "friends" couldn't help her with moving to her new apartment.
Etymology: figment + entity (being, existence, something or someone having a real existence)
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COMMENTS:
Love her name. too! - Nosila, 2009-11-24: 23:19:00
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Bookfaced
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: bOOk-feisd
Sentence: As she started building her profile at facebook, friends began to pop up, groups showed themselves. Soon she was completely facebooked!
Etymology: facebooked/bookfaced
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
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")
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)
Virtuallifed
Created by: pifty
Pronunciation: vrtjualajfd
Sentence: being virtuallifed makes her forget about the real world.
Etymology: virtual + life
E mersed
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: E/mersed
Sentence: She is totally E-mersed within her own little world from her home to any 'Hot Spot' cafe.
Etymology: E (electronic) + immersed
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COMMENTS:
Very good ... though I'm not sure if an underscore counts in the usual word rules. I still like it though! - jedijawa, 2007-05-08: 23:48:00
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Cyblob
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: si-blob
Sentence: After weeks of playing Warcraft for hours on end, Dave officially became a cyblob and was able to totally ignore Jill's rants about mowing the grass.
Etymology: cyborg, cyber, and blob (a useless lump of flesh)
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