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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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Virtunotso
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: Virtue not so
Sentence: After a stunning virtuoso performance the night before Dave was beginning to wonder who was real and who was the dream. When he gazed into the mirror the next morning the virtunotso reality of his life struck a major blow to his fantasies.
Etymology: A play on virtual and virtuoso: Dave, the virtunotso
Cyberlusional
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: si ber lu sjin al
Sentence: Since playing WoW, Doug has covered up all the mirrors in his house. He is so cyberlusional
Etymology: cyber + delusion
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)
Flubbaghast
Created by: dochanne
Pronunciation: Flubb-err-gast
Sentence: Andrew staggered into the bathroom after thrashing that ugly Gnorm with his sixth-level paladin and was horrified to find a big bald fat man staring at him. "What the?" he gasped, his heart racing. The man gasped too and Andrew was suddenly flubbaghast to realise that man was himself. His fitted leathers and taught biceps were gone, as were his flowing mane of black hair, his majik sword and that 'strange aura of mystique' bestowed on him by the beautiful Sorceress of Tarneg. Before him stood a pasty white balding man in his thirties, obviously carrying more than twice the weight of his avatar and Andrew's wishteria simply could not reconcile the two. He gave in to his superfaction and switched the light off. Shadow-daemons beware! Andion the Brave is here and he's not happy..
Etymology: Flubber - blubbery, flubbery wobbly-ness; Also Flubber - confuse, fluster. Flub - make mistake or error; Aghast - horrified, shocked and appalled. As in being aghast on finding one's flubberiness and the flub of having missed it due to De Nial (and not de river). Also - Superfaction (Super + stupefaction) and Wishteria (Wish + hysteria)
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COMMENTS:
Andrew was parIRLysed...Sorry! - dochanne, 2009-05-15: 04:13:00
good one - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-15: 10:29:00
Hate those trick mirrors! - Nosila, 2009-05-15: 17:48:00
Think I forgot to mention the obvious starting point of Flabbergast :) - dochanne, 2009-05-17: 23:39:00
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Spiderwombman
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: spy/dur/woom/man
Sentence: Mary Jane fervently believed she was Spider Woman and even had a tatoo of a spider on her belly. When she was pregnant wearing a crop top she thought her secret was out when people started saying Spiderwomb-Man!! when they passed by.
Etymology: spiderwoman + womb
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)
Naivatar
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: ni - eev - atar
Sentence: Rory's naivatar refused to believe who he really was. He was so taken in by how he looked in Second Life that he stopped believing he really had a first life.
Etymology: naive (deficient in relevant experience),avatar (a computer user's representation of himself)
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COMMENTS:
also reminds reminds me of navigating on the computer - from page to page. - splendiction, 2009-05-15: 23:29:00
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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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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?!"
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~