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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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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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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)
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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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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Digirot
Created by: Kurisu
Pronunciation: 'di-ji&-rät'
Sentence: I had all kinds or real world responsibilities, but chose instead to digirot.
Etymology: Digital: of, relating to, or being data in the form of especially binary digits + Rot: to cause to decompose or deteriorate with or as if with rot
Elone
Created by: stvspl
Pronunciation: EE-low-n
Sentence: Paula thought she had so many friends, but in actuality, she was elone.
Etymology: e- (prefix for computerish things) + alone (what digitally immersed people are)
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COMMENTS:
Well done! - geoamnesia, 2007-05-08: 18:51:00
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Sunshy
Created by: thefreewheeler
Pronunciation:
Sentence: We invited Tonner to the Live at Five concert but he said he can't leave his office. I think he's become sunshy.
Etymology: from 'gun shy'. Sun is outdoors and the center of the real solar system.
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COMMENTS:
Thanks for the perfect word to describe my son. - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-08: 12:40:00
Nice freewhelin' word! - Stevenson0, 2007-05-08: 21:06:00
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Negligital
Created by: apollo
Pronunciation: nehg-LIDG-it-ahl
Sentence: Karen had been negligital all week, and her fish died because of it.
Etymology: Negligent + Digital
Dellusional
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: del loo shun al
Sentence: Fern was obsessed with being online 24/7. She never went outside nor did traditional social meets. All her relationships and schooling were online, not based in reality. In fact she had become very dellusional of late and only a major power cut would bring her back to reality!
Etymology: Dell (Computer company founded by Michael Dell in 1984) & Delusional (suffering from or characterized by delusions)
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
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