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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.
Verboticisms
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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
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
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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Wiitardation
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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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)
Obwiiviousness
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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Pacmannerism
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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Videogameism
Created by: Janbo
Pronunciation:
Sentence: A number of men showed signs of videogameism.
Etymology:
Kalinualeach
Created by: doig1394
Pronunciation: ka-leen-ew-ul-eech
Sentence: that kid at the park was totally kaliualeach
Etymology: ....
Watasadik
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
Comments:
OZZIEBOB - 2007-09-13: 20:07:00
Suddenly I'm become pixi-led. Nice word.