Verboticisms

Created by: trioptimum

Pronunciation: ob-WEE-vee-uhs-ness

Sentence: Wil had to be jolted out of his obwiiviousness by a friend, who grabbed him and politely pointed out the piercing sound of the fire alarm.

Etymology: obliviousness + wii (I hate every single one of the thousands of 'wii' puns that have plagued the games industry for the past few months, so please make me pay for my hypocrisy by not voting for me)

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COMMENTS:

I had to look up what Wii was. So your Wii-ism seems pretty fresh to me! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 07:59:00

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Created by: leomar

Pronunciation: watas-adik

Sentence: a word that shows a "state of hyper-attentive focus = ADIK" with the "IEE (Ignores Everything Else)= WATAS"

Etymology: the watas adik

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Created by: StigAllan

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Please do sit still you braindropped maniac.

Etymology:

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: lah-bot-om-wee

Sentence: his lobotomwii was destroying his social life

Etymology: lobotomy, wii

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COMMENTS:

Catchy! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 07:50:00

Catchy yes, but try saying it when you're drunk... or have just spent ten hours playing Half-Life 2. - Nettle, 2007-09-13: 09:42:00

I'd go for Lobotowii - Batavier, 2007-10-05: 10:30:00

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Created by: japfilsk8er

Pronunciation: gamer not

Sentence: keeps his momentum going and stay focus to the game

Etymology: game and juggernaut

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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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Created by: ScrabbledEgg

Pronunciation: wee-tar-day-shun

Sentence: His video game addiction started off slowly with a mild case of nintendonitis, progressed to acute halotosis (hay-low-toe-sis), and ended in complete wiitardation.

Etymology: wii + retardation

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COMMENTS:

that's a winner - FreeToys, 2007-09-13: 13:20:00

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: pack-MANner-ism

Sentence: Colby's pacmannerism had worsened considerably since the 1980s. It had evolved into captaincomicalysis, but it seemed he always had a frogger in his throat.

Etymology: Pacman + mannerism

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COMMENTS:

I'm old enough to remember Pacman but I had to look up what Wii was! lol - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 07:53:00

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Created by: duluth

Pronunciation: voh-tism

Sentence: Vautism is a brain development disorder characterized by impairments in social interaction and communication, and restricted and repetitive behavior, occurring at any age and often induced by environmental interactions with computer-based games.

Etymology: The term is a derivation of autism with the "v" at the beginning signifying the video game interaction factor.

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Created by: Janbo

Pronunciation:

Sentence: A number of men showed signs of videogameism.

Etymology:

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