Verboticisms

Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: au-to-gam-en-KOR-ee-ah

Sentence: Mike's autogamenchorea prevented him from hearing the timer on the pot stickers that were cooking on the stove and soon the apartment was filled with smoke.

Etymology: auto-(Greek: self, same, spontaneous; directed from within. Used as in autism). gamen (Old English: root of Game) -chorea (Greek: dance; in medicine, it is used to denote a nervous disorder)

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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: staggolee

Pronunciation: HAF-o-woh-bih-TIE-g'v'l

Sentence: OMG--I'M HAFOWHOBYTYGEVEL!!!

Etymology: adj. origin unk.

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COMMENTS:

Unsubstantiated rumors accredit this as a Bushism. - staggolee, 2007-09-13: 00:33:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: fray/stay/shun

Sentence: The squeels and the jumping meant that he had entered the dangerous zone of fraystation

Etymology: fray (frazzle) + station (sphere) + playstation

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COMMENTS:

Has a great ring to it! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 07:14:00

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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: 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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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: 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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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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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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