DEFINITION: v. To be so immersed in a virtual world that you forget about your responsibilities to the physical world -- like your job, your family, or even feeding and washing yourself. n. A person who lives exclusively in their imagination.

Abstimulate

Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: ab-STIM-yuh-leyt

Sentence: John's preoccupation with Second Life bordered on hopeless abstimulation. (A possible synonym might be "circumvirtuate" or "circumvirtualize.")

Etymology: Portmanteau: abstain + simulation

Points: 371

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