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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.

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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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that's a winner - FreeToys, 2007-09-13: 13:20:00

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Vautism

Created by: duluth

Pronunciation: voh-tism

Sentence: Vautism is a brain development disorder characterized by impairments in social interaction and communication, and restricted and repetitive behavior, occurring at any age and often induced by environmental interactions with computer-based games.

Etymology: The term is a derivation of autism with the "v" at the beginning signifying the video game interaction factor.

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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

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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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Lobotomwii

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: lah-bot-om-wee

Sentence: his lobotomwii was destroying his social life

Etymology: lobotomy, wii

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COMMENTS:

Catchy! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 07:50:00

Catchy yes, but try saying it when you're drunk... or have just spent ten hours playing Half-Life 2. - Nettle, 2007-09-13: 09:42:00

I'd go for Lobotowii - Batavier, 2007-10-05: 10:30:00

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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)

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Comathroes

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: ko-ma-THROWS

Sentence: When Roxie went into spazombic hyper-attentive focusing whilst creating a verboticism, Bob was worried that her condition might turn into svitustrance. Friends thought that she might be marcelvish. But, as her comathroes continued unabated, all agreed that some sort of cerebrawl was going on in her mind.

Etymology: Coma: profound insensibilty, stupor & throes:spasm, convulsion.(with the "math" needed for hyper-attentive focusing.) Svitustrance- pun on St Vitus Dance. Marcelvish: uniname that combines elements of Marcel(Marceau) & Elvis.

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COMMENTS:

so many good words!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-13: 11:59:00

Great sentence and etymology! Really unique word! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 21:04:00

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