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.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Nintendone: /nin ten done/ Seven hours of gaming left them nintendone. After a short break they’d get over to Blake’s basement where four more hours at the controllers would leave them xbaked. Etymology: From nintendo and done. Created by: splendiction.
Arcadymalady: /Are-cade-ie-mal-aid-ie/ “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) Created by: scrabbelicious.
Hyperwiiality: /hyp-er-wee-al-i-ty/ 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) Created by: mrskellyscl.
Electrauma: /ilektroumÉ™/ 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) Created by: artr.
Comments on Electrauma:
splendiction, 2009-07-27: 20:53:00
vidiot – hilarious! Good word!
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