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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.
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Detestpatterned
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dee test pat turnd
Sentence: Each spring Joe and Melba had a tv marathon and picked an ancient tv series to watch in it's entirety for that weekend. After the sluggish weekend, which also meant little physical activity and way too much junk food, they went into a guilty funk of self-loathing...they were detestpatterned. This spring's weekend was no exception, when they watched the entire "Beverly Hillbillies" series, black & white and then coloured versions. By Sunday night, they had strong Ozark accents, had eaten possum in many forms, drank Granny's moonshine (rhematis' medicine) and carved their pool cues into pot passers for when they sat at the fancy eating table in the billiards room. Joe also learned how to play "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" on his fiddle! Well, doggy...
Etymology: Detested (disliked intensely; felt antipathy or aversion towards) & Test Pattern (A geometric chart transmitted by a television station to assist viewers in adjusting reception...since tv was not 24-7 in the old black & white tv days, the test pattern came on a while before the show started and was the last thing you saw on after the National Anthem played...boy does my age show!)
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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Overkillosity
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: oh-ver-kill-os-ity
Sentence: Watching the first two discs of "Knight Rider" was pushing it, watching the entire 4th season without stop was definitely overkillosity and left Jack and Janice feeling ill.
Etymology: overkill + funny suffix
Outspazed
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: out-spÆZ-d
Sentence: After spazing out on the sofa for a day and a half, he was completely outspazed, and could barely zap to the news.
Etymology: to spaz out - to watch TV like a zombie. outspazed is the state when you can do that no more.
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COMMENTS:
Dunno why but that sounds "un-PC". To quote the great Ricky Gervais: "I think you'll find it's scope!" - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-02: 18:14:00
I must say, I have no idéa what you're talking about?!? - allwise, 2007-04-04: 05:55:00
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Deeveedepression
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: dee-vee-dee-presh-un
Sentence: My marathon session viewing an entire season of "The Sopranos" was justly rewarded with 3 loads of unwashed laundry, 2 meals worth of dirty dishes, a left butt-cheek that had fallen asleep, and a wicked case of deeveedepression.
Etymology: DVD, Depression
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COMMENTS:
doesn't get much badda, bing - galwaywegian, 2007-04-02: 05:16:00
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Seasonsickness
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: see-SUN-sihk-nes
Sentence: The viewing party of the entire fourth season of Grey's Anatomy created a rash of seasonsickness. Maria thought she had at least 3 of the dieases featured on the show; Kenny had a migraine from the uninterrupted viewing while Jess was convinced she was getting a bedsore from lying in the sofa for so long.
Etymology: seasickness + season
Ickathon
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ikəθän
Sentence: What started as a dare, ended as a ickathon as a group of friends spent their vacations watching Green Acres episodes non-stop. Besides the psychological effects of spending so much time with such insipid drivel several of the women and one of the guys took almost a week to loose the Eva Gabor-esque accent.
Etymology: ick (exclamation used to express strong distaste or disgust) + marathon (a long-lasting or difficult task or operation of a specified kind)
Oculcompulsititis
Created by: Jaxies
Pronunciation: /ok-youl-kompul-si-ty-tis/
Sentence: "Not only had watching the entire 1st season of '24' left them on edge and eager for the next season, but a severe case of oculcompulsititis had set in, causing unwanted spasming, crying and night terrors."
Etymology: Ocular + compulsive + -itis
Naustalgia
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: nawhs tahl jyaa
Sentence: By 5.00am the naustalgia was palpable, she began to envy the decapitated horse she had seen seven hours before.
Etymology: nostalgia nausea
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:
Today's definition was suggested by catgrin.
Thank you catgrin! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by catgrin. Thank you catgrin. ~ James