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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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Bleaughset
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: just vomit and say set afterwards
Sentence: The box set turned out to be a bleaughset
Etymology: box set bleaugh!
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
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!)
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
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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Dvdelirium
Created by: LittleLula
Pronunciation: dee-VEE-de-lir-ium
Sentence: Her dvdelirium was so intense after her marathon SATC session on Sunday, Wendy was forced to call in sick Monday to sleep it off.
Etymology: DVD / delirium
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COMMENTS:
Dvdelightful. - Nosila, 2009-10-20: 01:54:00
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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)
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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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.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by catgrin.
Thank you catgrin! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by catgrin. Thank you catgrin. ~ James