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DEFINITION: n. A person who is so enamored with their online identity that they believe that it is more real than their physical one. v. To suddenly realize that you are large, blubbery mammal with no useful superpowers.
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Icononsense
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: īkänänsens
Sentence: On the internet Thomas is a secret agent. His avatar looks a lot like James Bond. His proclivity for getting in and out of international trouble is well known. His real world friends know that this is icononsense. He is really a balding, pudgy accountant who’s biggest daily dilemma is deciding what flavor of instant oatmeal to have for breakfast.
Etymology: icon (a symbol or graphic representation on a video display terminal) + nonsense (foolish or unacceptable behavior)
Eegotist
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ee-go-tist
Sentence: Nerdia was sometimes caught muttering in the lift. She hated catching site of herself in the mirrored walls as it threatened her eegotism, when she saw just how ordinary she looked, in comparison to her online persona.
Etymology: e (prefix commonly used for anything to do with the internet - electronic) + egotist (one who thinks they are darn cool)
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COMMENTS:
agree with the use of "e". eexcellent eword! - splendiction, 2009-05-15: 23:22:00
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Snoozemaster
Created by: destroyer
Pronunciation: Snooz-o-fon
Sentence: He sleeps so much night and day, he is having a total snoozeothon.
Etymology: Snooze+marathon=snoozeothon
Avatarsehole
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: av at ar soul
Sentence: only a complete avatarsehole would have come to his sister's wedding in a apider suit
Etymology: avatar arsehole
Disillusioneter
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: dis·il·lu·sion-net-er
Sentence: Bob Blobber's computer burned out and he had to go and get ready to shop for another one. As he peered into the mirror he realized that he had turned into a disillusioneter and was shocked to see he had lost all his hair and his super powers had vanished.
Etymology: Disillusioned~ Disappointed in someone or something that one discovers to be less good than one had believed. Neter: Taken in part from the word inter"net" added "er" to show one who practically lives on the internet.
Cyberliar
Created by: logan260
Pronunciation: cy-ber-lie-ur
Sentence: When she met her online date it was apparent that Joe was quite the cyberliar. His psuedo-muscular debonair description must have vanished overnight as she stared at the flabby bald guy sitting in the prearranged booth.
Etymology: cyber--all things online liar--deciever of the truth
Hyperspacecadet
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: hahy-per-speys-kuh-det
Sentence: Tim works hard and lovingly at creating his online presence. Somehow, no matter what he does, some part of his real self sneaks through and he ends up with a hyperspacecadet.
Etymology: hyperspace (computer network) space cadet (absent minded)
Avatarnation
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: avah-TAR-nay-shun
Sentence: Mark's job with the show "To catch a predator" required him to spend a great deal of time online posing as a naive 13 year old girl. He didn't see this as a problem until he came to the realization in a fit of avatarnation that his mind was slowly starting to think like that of a 13 year old girl. His wife was even starting to become a bit concerned when he hung up posters of Justin Timberlake in their bedroom. Avatarnation!!
Etymology: Avatar -a little picture representing an online user Tarnation - a colloquial euphemish in the South Eastern US for Damnation often expressed as "What in tarnation?!"
Dhboleg
Created by: balku4
Pronunciation: thu-bowlg
Sentence: i dheboleded.
Etymology: dxblibgaej
Interblobanater
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: In-ter-blob-an-nat-er
Sentence: Mr. Whatzhizfaze looked in the mirror one day to see he had turned into an interblobanater. He was so wrapped up in his fake online personality he had forgotten who he really was.
Etymology: Inter:Taken in part from the word Internet. Blobanater: A blubbery overweight guy that pretends he is someone else online and starts to believe he really is his online persona...until he looks in the mirror one day and is shocked when he realizes he has spent way too much time on the internet being a fake person and that he had convinced himself he was someone else.
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COMMENTS:
super - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-15: 10:30:00
Good one! - Nosila, 2009-05-15: 17:46:00
Thanks Jabber & Nosila :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-05-16: 06:47:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by abrakadeborah Thank you abrakadeborah~ James
abrakadeborah - 2009-05-15: 00:53:00
You're most welcome James ~ Funny cartoon :) LOL!
dochanne - 2009-05-15: 04:22:00
We need a word for this phenomenon, it's getting more common.
After a full winter of verbotomizing, I looked in the mirror and... Thank you! ~ James
dochanne - 2009-05-18: 03:22:00
Lost your majik sword James?
I didn't lose it, I'm still holding it. I just can't see it... James?
Today's definition was suggested by abrakadeborah. Thank you abrakadeborah. ~ James
abrakadeborah - 2010-11-28: 11:05:00
Thanks James ~ I really enjoy this site. :) Happy Holidays~