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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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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
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
Superglower
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: soōpərglouər
Sentence: As he lay in his hospital bed Rudy realized that his cyberpowers were not effective in the real world. The closest thing he had to superpowers was a superglower and somehow a dirty look and pudgy body just weren't that effective against a charging bull.
Etymology: superpower (extraordinary powers possessed by fictional characters) + glower (dirty look)
Emaskulated
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: ee-mask-yoo-layt-ehd
Sentence: After 48 hours on Second Life, the powerful Avatar, Dragoonanatine caught a glimpse of himself in the bathroom mirror and was immediately emaskulated.
Etymology: e (electronic) + mask (as worn by a super-hero) + inspired by emasculated (to make weak)
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COMMENTS:
I like it! - readerwriter, 2009-05-15: 14:39:00
great play on words! - DrWebster111, 2009-05-15: 18:27:00
cute - Nosila, 2009-05-15: 18:29:00
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Virtuamnesial
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: vir-tu-am-knee-ze-yal
Sentence: Vince spent so much time in his Second Life that he was virtuamnesial. After a good look in the mirror one morning, he realized to his horror that he was still in his first life and that he had forgotten to go to work and pay his rent. Homeless and penniless, he took his laptop to Starbucks and returned to his virtual kingdom that didn't suck.
Etymology: Virtual: 1) existing in essence or effect, but not appearance or form, 2) being actually such in almost every respect--such as a virtual wreck 3) a computer generated simulation + amnesia: a partial or total loss of memory, usually resulting from a shock, psycological disturbance or brain injury. "Second Life" -- a virtual world that people can create where they can live vicariously as the person they wish they really would be.
Pseudonymbecile
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: soo do nim bes syl
Sentence: When George, also known as Super Flyman, got up in the morning after the very long ComiCon weekend, he was surprised at what stared back at him from the mirror. This pseudonymbecile was really an out of shape middle-aged guy. Imagine his horror to realize that another Super Hero had shared his bed last night. Funny that after all those COSMO-politans last night that his bedmate was no longer Wonder Woman, but Super-Fat Granny!
Etymology: Pseudonym(a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role) & Imbecile (a person of subnormal intelligence)
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?!"
Edentity
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: ee-dent-it-ee
Sentence: Of course his edentity was that of slim, fit, attractive, manscaped, well-dressed with swagger. In reality he was a big blob who watched the Price is Right all day long in his underwear, was overweight, hairy, and lived on Wonder bread and Coke.
Etymology: e (short form for electronic as in online) + identity (oneself, sense of self, character)
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~