Verboticisms

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: joi - stik - ness

Sentence: Andre was developing a condition called joystickness; resulting from too many houurs of playing video games. Tightly clenching his input device, he began to shout threats at anyone who tried to interrupt his play. He had lost touch with reality and was becoming psychotic.

Etymology: joystick, sickness

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COMMENTS:

Perfect word for the definition! - splendiction, 2009-07-27: 16:05:00

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Created by: neoss

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: hyp-er-wee-al-i-ty

Sentence: Mrs. Fudd found Elmer in a state of hyperwiiality when she returned from a visit to her parents and saw that he had been playing video games since she left and had not stopped to eat or sleep. "At least I don't have to do the dishes," she thought as she pulled the plug.

Etymology: hyperreality: blurring the lines of reality and fantasy as in video gaming or online virtual reality. Hyperreality tricks the consciousness into accepting artificially contrived stimulation instead a conscious emotional involvement + Wii: a video game system (Elmer Fudd -- a Looney Tunes cartoon character who couldn't pronounce the letter r in words and substituted the letter w instead)

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: frust ro gaming

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Etymology: its the argh and the urgh and the gargh!

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Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: ex-box-ick

Sentence: After his wife pulled the plug on his xbox, Marty went into a state of xboxic shock. Fortunately, she knew that it was the game talking, not him...

Etymology: exbox + toxic

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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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vidiot - hilarious! Good word! - splendiction, 2009-07-27: 20:53:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

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Sentence: My inability to move to the next level in the game caused a severe case of nintension.

Etymology: Nintendo + tension

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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.

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Created by: Composite

Pronunciation: [kuɪtɹeɪʤ]

Sentence: Jack had been binging on Call of Duty for hours. He had quitraged when his girlfriend wanted to go out to the park instead. He still is ready to unleash his quitrage on anyone else should they interrupt him.

Etymology: Formed on a similar line to ragequit.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: nin ten don see

Sentence: Zelda was tired of Luigi's addiction to video games. He played them round the clock and his nintendoncy to avoid his work, family and other responsibilities, was what made her announce to him one day, "Good bye, Game Boy,Wii are so headed to divorce court!"

Etymology: Nintendo (Japanese interactive video game maker, part of a huge electronics conglomerate,which actually started in 1889 and has evolved into one of the 3 main video games makers) & Tendency (an inclination to do something;)

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