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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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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
Episoverload
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: epp-ee-soh-ver-load
Sentence: No matter how often they squeezed in the 'entire' season of Firefly they never suffered episoverload
Etymology: episode, overload
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COMMENTS:
I'd be lying if I said that at least a little of that vote is because I have watched all the episodes of Firefly more or less all at once myself. Several times. - Osomatic, 2007-04-02: 16:32:00
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Tvqueasy
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: tee vee queee see
Sentence: After a full day of x-files colin was more than tvqueasy, he was almost blind.
Etymology: from TV and queasy.
Suckapaloosa
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: suk-a-puh-loo-suh
Sentence: With a feeling of "this is time we will not get back" Jim and Judy just finished watched an entire season of My Mother the Car. It was a real Suckapaloosa. Just saying what he had done made Jim loose 25 IQ points.
Etymology: Suck (to be repellent or disgusting) + Rockapaloosa (annual rock festival featuring numerous bands)
Gilliganausea
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: gill - eh - gan - naw - see - ah
Sentence: Sherwood felt like he had been adrift on the minnow for too long himself. The gilliganausea set in after the 40th episode but Bob convinced him to watch all 98 in one weekend.
Etymology: Gilligan (Gilligan's Island), nausea
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COMMENTS:
great-now that song will be stuck in my head all day:) terrific word. - mrskellyscl, 2009-10-19: 08:17:00
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Overdvded
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: over dvd ed
Sentence: i dont want to watch it anymore i am overdvded
Etymology: over as in to much an dvd as in as it is.
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
Rerunover
Created by: Sed8ed
Pronunciation: re-run-oh-ver
Sentence: They both felt as if they'd been rerunover after their 36 hour marathon of CSI was over.
Etymology:
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.
Wireuleaving
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: y-r-u-leave-ing
Sentence: Tilly was in tears. Phil had said nothing to her in the last 48 hours, apart from 'Yo, bruv' when she'd handed him a cup of tea. Given that he went to Eton and spoke with a public school accent, this was infuriating. As she carried her suitcase to the front door, he didn't even look up, just grunted, 'wireuleaving?'
Etymology: The Wire (popular TV series) + why are you leaving? (question asked of one partner by the other on the departure of the latter)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by catgrin.
Thank you catgrin! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by catgrin. Thank you catgrin. ~ James