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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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Flabatar
Created by: dekra
Pronunciation: Flab-uh-tar
Sentence: After a grueling 12 hour session of WOW followed by an intense round of COD, John was amzed to find that neither his svelte Wood Elf or his jacked Marine were staring him back in the mirror. Instead it was only his flabatar, a real life version of his online personality. Hours of online taunting of 12 year old's did not grant John the rock-solid abs of his avatars.
Etymology: Flabby (Fat) + Avatar (Online version of one's self)
Avatard
Created by: theCountess
Pronunciation: Ave-ah-tard
Sentence: When an avatard sees himself in a mirror, his instinctive reaction is to break the spell by immediately gazing into his monitor for reimmersion.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Amen to the AvaTards who wear their avatars like leotards :P - dochanne, 2009-05-17: 23:44:00
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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)
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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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?!"
Superzeroworship
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: soo per zee ro wor ship
Sentence: Time passed so quickly for Sheldon as he played his blasted online games. His life sped by and after time, he arrived at superzeroworship, instead of superheroworshhip. Old age and gravity had transformed him into Fatman, The Bulk, SuperPolident Man, SpiderveinMan, one of the Flab Four, the XLax-Men and Captain LostMarbles. Holy Cataracts, Fatman...Father Time is the Joker!
Etymology: SuperHero ( fictional character of unprecedented powers dedicated to acts of derring-do in the public interest) & Zero (nothing) & Worship (adore, admire, look up to...)
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COMMENTS:
LOL! - mrskellyscl, 2009-05-15: 01:40:00
Nosila, you are hilarious! LOL! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-05-15: 01:44:00
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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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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
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~