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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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Serialillers
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: seer-ree-ull-ill-urs
Sentence: The serialillers from watching LOST season 2 included brainfreeze, dead eye (like red eye but not exclusive to photographs) and numbbum.
Etymology: From "serial", "ill" and "serial killer".
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COMMENTS:
they sound like they are seriesouslyill - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-02: 12:22:00
Damn straight. - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-02: 18:23:00
Now if they watched the complete set of Taggart - they'd be serialmurrded - said with an extremely strong Scottish accent. - petaj, 2007-04-02: 22:53:00
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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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Telezombification
Created by: PythianHabenero
Pronunciation: te-le-zom-bi-fi-cay-shun
Sentence: After inhaling three seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in one weekend, Jeanette suffered from telezombification.
Etymology: television + zombification
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
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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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
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.
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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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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Mafiathon
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: maf eeya thon
Sentence: Tony & Carmela Johnson had scheduled their annual mafiathon long weekend starting on Friday and ending Monday night. They watched 86 hours of The Soprano series for hours each day. A few hours of sleep and back at it the next day. As usual, they ended up speaking in nasal Joisey accents and colorful words peppered their dialogue. They also caught Godfathers 1,2,3; Casino and Goodfellas, to break up their viewing. By the time they went back to work on Tuesday,each wanted to whack their bosses, eat more ziti and smoke cigars. They do this each year...just when they thought they were out, they get pulled back in! Try a Sound of Music weekend next year??? Fuhgeddaboutit!
Etymology: Mafia (a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia) & Marathon (any long and arduous undertaking)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by catgrin.
Thank you catgrin! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by catgrin. Thank you catgrin. ~ James