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DEFINITION: n. A state of extreme agitation developed after extended periods of non-stop video game participation; commonly affects males of all ages! v. To twist yourself up into a knot while playing video games.
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Videopath
Created by: logan260
Pronunciation: vid-e-o-path
Sentence: He's a great guy and likes gaming but tends to get videopathic after a couple of hours.
Etymology: videopath...i.e. psychopath, sociopath etc.
Arcadymalady
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: Are-cade-ie-mal-aid-ie
Sentence: "Yes, that's right (arrow) Your Honour, I'm pleading not guilty on account of the acute bout of arcadyMalady that came over me all of a sudden like, before I went '*BANG*' right arrow, right arrow, x button, y button...KILLEDA....you know?"
Etymology: Splicing of Arcade (Place of worship for gamers) and Malady (generally to feel poorly, usually for an extented period as in mourning or in winter blues/greys)
Videovexation
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: vid/ee/oh/vex/a/shun
Sentence: Listen Harry, I know you get a real kick out of roaming around your apocalyptic world on a turbo-charged white steed whomping all manner of ghouls and gremlins, but please control your "videovexation", or I shall have to call 911!
Etymology: video + vexation (what some might say is a lethal combination of words with unintended consequences)
Playtation
Created by: bjorn
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His playtation was palpable and frightening, only surpassed in intensity by the noise of the blowers themselves.
Etymology: play + agitation (and sounds like PlayStation)
Wiizure
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: wee-zhure
Sentence: It's no use pretending to wheeze. You're such a drama queen. I don't for one minute think you're having a wiizure. The power has been off all morning.
Etymology: wii + seizure as opposed to a wiifit :)
Frustrogaming
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: frust ro gaming
Sentence:
Etymology: its the argh and the urgh and the gargh!
Gamertizzy
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: gay-mer-tizz-ee
Sentence: She knew he was in a gamertizzy when he started putting a noose around his neck.
Etymology: gamer (slang for video game addict) + tizzy (excited, in a dither or flap)
Electrauma
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ilektroumə
Sentence: Summer has not been good for Billy. After 3 straight days of video gaming, he is having a bad case of electrauma. His game of choice, Grand Theft Auto, has left him a virtual vidiot. Everything he picks up becomes a weapon. When he tried to stab his roommate with a toothbrush the attendants at his nursing home decided it was time to cut off his game privileges and get him to sleep.
Etymology: electronic (relating to or carried out using a computer or other electronic device) + trauma (emotional shock following a stressful event or a physical injury)
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COMMENTS:
vidiot - hilarious! Good word! - splendiction, 2009-07-27: 20:53:00
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Vidiosyncrasies
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: vidēəsingkrəsē
Sentence: Jill hates holiday weekends. After a three-day binge on the Xbox her husband exhibits his most obnoxious vidiosyncrasies, bouncing off the walls, pretending to shoot, stab or blow her up. It’s all she can do to get him in his suit and off to work. It scares her sometimes knowing that he is the CEO at a nuclear power plant.
Etymology: video (games) (a game played by electronically manipulating images produced by a computer program on a television screen or other display screen) + idiosyncrasies (a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual)
Comments:
splendiction - 2009-07-27: 20:51:00
vidiot - hilarious! Good word!
splendiction - 2009-07-27: 20:52:00
Oopp, that last comment was meant for artr's word.