Verboticisms

Created by: Nuwanda

Pronunciation: marr-ee-oo-pee-a

Sentence: Clyde suffered from Mariopia and it ruined his life. It started out with a simple Gameboy--black and white screen, bad graphics. Yet he was compelled to conquer it, and was willing to let his life fall into shambles around him. Today, Clyde is so destitute that he has taken to hanging around Best Buy looking for some kid who he can convince to "test drive" Mario Kart on the store's demo Wiis. The scene usually ends with the kid crying, Clyde taunting and security escorting him off the premises.

Etymology: Mario, the ubiquitous gaming brothers, combined with suffix "opia" which means affecting vision.

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A Mario made in Heaven...good word - Nosila, 2009-10-02: 23:32:00

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Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: cyberspasm

Sentence: Waves of heavy cyberspasm rolled through his body and mind - no one could help him anymore - he was totally gonline and soon to be uploadead.

Etymology: cyber + spasm

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Created by: Mobelia

Pronunciation: click-err-a-tick

Sentence: His intense focus on the video game he played removed any self-consciousness over the clickeratic dance he performed.

Etymology: from Click as in pressing buttons as on the controls for a video game from Erratic as in unpredictable idiosyncracies

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Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: gaim-zom-bee

Sentence: As deeply immersed as he was in Zelda, he never noticed his girlfriend leaving, nor missing work. Or eating for that matter. He was a complete gamezombie, and would soon be seen roaming the web, muttering: gaaaimes.....gaaaaaaaaaaames...

Etymology: When you are playing like that, you don't notice anything, and just reply Mhpf, to anything. and always looking for the next game. ;) I am definetively a gamezombie myself!

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Created by: edotanonymous

Pronunciation: Slaw-shuh-tick

Sentence: Despite our 24-hour Call of Duty binge, the crunched-into-the-rug Cheetos and beer stained carpet revealed the sloshatic I had become.

Etymology: Slosh - to agitate/spill -atic - pertaining to the nature of

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Created by: Karuma

Pronunciation: nurd-ite-iss

Sentence: dont' worry he's got nerditis, he'll be fine in a bit.

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Created by: kiritkiran

Pronunciation:

Sentence: The twerp Arjun Sen is such a loosearms.

Etymology: A man whose thinness of character is reflected in his hanging muscle-bone structure he calls arms. A flashy individual who is as loose as the shirt hanging out of his belly, whether he is thin or fat.

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Created by: bllsht2

Pronunciation: spaz-tee-go

Sentence: every game he played he went spaztego

Etymology: spaz,ego

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: vi-dee-oh-vur-drive

Sentence: At first glance, I thought my son may have Tourettes Syndrome, but when I saw that he was playing a game, I realized he was just in videoverdrive.

Etymology: video, overdrive

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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Lev-ell-up-see

Sentence: Patient S is the first documented case of fatal levelupsy. S had a history of chronic gaming; patient was discovered convulsing upon couch, ignoring symptoms of asphyxia while playing a common console game.

Etymology: Level up + epilepsy. Epilepsy: a chronic nervous system disorder causing seizures.

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Hope that fatalepsy count doesn't get too high. - petaj, 2007-03-16: 04:33:00

well done! - galwaywegian, 2007-03-16: 04:59:00

mwaa, levelupsy, or its curtainsy, mugsy. mwaa...(ok, after that bad impression, you definitely got my vote :) - Alchemist, 2007-03-16: 14:12:00

great word! - rikboyee, 2007-03-16: 17:14:00

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