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DEFINITION: A state of hyper-attentive focus combined with WBT (Whole Body Twitching) and IEE (Ignores Everything Else), which commonly afflicts video game players.

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Kalinualeach

Created by: doig1394

Pronunciation: ka-leen-ew-ul-eech

Sentence: that kid at the park was totally kaliualeach

Etymology: ....

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Xboccupation

Created by: Pseudonym

Pronunciation: ex-bock-u-pay-shun

Sentence: "Sorry about the accident; I forgot to go during my xboccupation."

Etymology: xbox + occupation

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Wiiggle

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: wee/ig/gle

Sentence: He transforms completely and falls into the state of wiiggle when he plays his video games.

Etymology: wii + wiggle

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Vidgamerstate

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: vid-geym-ur-steyt

Sentence: Ritalin was the only medication that curbed his vidgamerstating behaviour and allowed him to sleep the night. It also halted his evening ritual of tearing apart his bed and using its wooden pieces to beat holes in the wall.

Etymology: vid (short for video)+ gamer + state (as in a particular condition of mind or feeling)

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Focolation

Created by: Nettle

Pronunciation: fo-ko-LAY-shun

Sentence: Ivan spent the morning in a state of extreme focolation, attempting to finish the new Zelda game before any of his friends.

Etymology: Focus + isolation

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Pixelepsy

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: piks-uhl-ep-see

Sentence: He didn't smell the pot roast, nor hear his mother calling him for dinner - David was obviously on the computer suffering from a bout of pixelepsy.

Etymology: pixel, epilepsy

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COMMENTS:

I like it. It particularly conveys the Whole Body Twitching which I completely failed to incorporate into my own word. - Nettle, 2007-09-13: 10:08:00

Great word! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 16:38:00

Suddenly I become pixi-led. Nice word - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-13: 20:08:00

Me likey. Funny, descriptive, sounds real.Goes with the graphic quite nicely as well. - ScrabbledEgg, 2007-09-14: 23:51:00

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Leizure

Created by: loofarama

Pronunciation: lee-sure

Sentence: his leizure was overwhelming him. i even tried hurting him, but it didn't work

Etymology: leisure + seizure

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Comathroes

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: ko-ma-THROWS

Sentence: When Roxie went into spazombic hyper-attentive focusing whilst creating a verboticism, Bob was worried that her condition might turn into svitustrance. Friends thought that she might be marcelvish. But, as her comathroes continued unabated, all agreed that some sort of cerebrawl was going on in her mind.

Etymology: Coma: profound insensibilty, stupor & throes:spasm, convulsion.(with the "math" needed for hyper-attentive focusing.) Svitustrance- pun on St Vitus Dance. Marcelvish: uniname that combines elements of Marcel(Marceau) & Elvis.

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COMMENTS:

so many good words!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-13: 11:59:00

Great sentence and etymology! Really unique word! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 21:04:00

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