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DEFINITION: n. The unpleasant physical and/or psychological effects, which occur after watching the entire season of a TV show, non-stop on DVD. v. To watch an old TV series on DVD with stopping to think.
Verboticisms
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Odvd
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: owe dee vee dee
Sentence: they odvdeed on the sopranos until their butts were welded to the barcoloungers.
Etymology: dvd, od
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COMMENTS:
No wonder they sang in such high voices :-) - petaj, 2007-04-02: 05:38:00
Probably better describes the process as opposed to the after-effects, but I still like the word enough to give it a vote. - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-02: 07:24:00
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Schizoscreenia
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: skit/so/scree/nee/ah
Sentence: Long after Eric had finished watching Star Trek, he could still hear Captain Kirk's voice in his head. His friends deduced he must be suffering from schizoscreenia.
Etymology: schizophrenia + screen
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COMMENTS:
or mind warp - galwaywegian, 2007-04-02: 05:16:00
He could barely Klingon to reality - petaj, 2007-04-02: 05:36:00
He keeps phasering in and out... - Alchemist, 2007-04-02: 08:07:00
His brain was kirkling along with the warm phaser fire while he drank a spock of tea... - catgrin, 2007-04-02: 12:50:00
Scotty! Scene me up... - wordmeister, 2007-04-02: 13:56:00
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Serialdamaged
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: serialdamagagad
Sentence: The X-Files got me serialdamagagad, i needed 23 seasons of Simpsons, Futurama and Ren&Stimpy to get me back on track.
Etymology: serial + damaged + gaga.
Episodomy
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ep-i-SOD-o-mee
Sentence: Buffy felt slayed and not a little lost. She also had a sore derriere from sitting on the sofa watching the entire season of Fawlty Towers without getting up. She had a bad case of episodomy.
Etymology: episode (a part of television series) + Sodom (a city well known for vice and corruption especially of a certain kind likely to cause psychological unpleasantness and/or a sore butt)
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COMMENTS:
Also reminds me of episiotomy -- another cause of sore butts. - petaj, 2007-04-02: 05:11:00
Excellent word. I take it Buffy won't be watching any Gomorrah for a little while. I know, lame... - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-02: 07:27:00
now I know why she feels so icky - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-02: 12:26:00
Nice word! - simplysimon, 2007-04-02: 13:15:00
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Viewtrid
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: view-trid
Sentence: Jen's mind turned viewtrid after a serious bout of influenza left her bedridden for a week. Meaning well, Jeff rented seasons 1-4 of "Desperate Housewives" and "America's Next Top Model" for her to watch as she recuperated. It was most apparent when she became suspicious of everyone in the office of telling lies, having secrets and using the wrong color lipstick.
Etymology: view: watch + putrid: morally corrupted, rotted
Couchrot
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊtʃɹɑt/
Sentence: _24_ creates an unusually potent variety of couchrot.
Etymology: From couch + rot
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COMMENTS:
I like it Er... sounds like a similar women's malaise. - toadstool57, 2007-04-02: 19:13:00
Not quite what I was going for, but sure. - ErWenn, 2007-04-03: 02:45:00
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Ubertviation
Created by: katsup92
Pronunciation: ew-brr-t-v-a-tion
Sentence: Watching every season of Full House left Jane with a sense that she had been hit with a severe case of ubertviation.
Etymology: uber - a lot, tv - television, tion - symptom
Boobtubed
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: boob-tubed
Sentence: Jill felt like a boob, realizing she got boobtubed, watching the entire 9 seasons of Seinfeld.
Etymology: boob, as in idiot/boob tube,name for the TV.
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COMMENTS:
Ignorant little me thought "boob tube" was something women wore. Seriously, never heard a TV called that before! Is it regional? - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-02: 18:17:00
I think boob tube was originally generated in the 60's or early 70's in the U.S. - toadstool57, 2007-04-02: 19:11:00
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Inviewenza
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: in + view + en + za
Sentence: I feel logy... restless... a vague desire to see the sun and real people - I must have inviewenza after having watched every episode of Season 8 of The Simpsons.
Etymology: There's this little disease called influenza...
Wearisumreshow
Created by: Ahmad
Pronunciation: weri-sm.rishao
Sentence: I have watched this movie more than ten times , its has now become a wearisumreshow to me.
Etymology: wearisome means boring. reshow means to play or see again.
Comments:
Verbotomy - 2007-04-02: 01:43:00
Today's definition was suggested by catgrin.
Thank you catgrin! ~ James
Verbotomy - 2009-10-19: 04:37:00
Today's definition was suggested by catgrin. Thank you catgrin. ~ James