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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.
Verboticisms
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Twiiking
Created by: torpid
Pronunciation: tweeking
Sentence: After buzzing Billy's apartment five times, the pizza deliveryman returned home, not realizing that Billy was there, but twiiking, and thus unable to hear the doorbell.
Etymology: tweak/tweaking (meth and other drug user's hyperactivity) + wii
Leizure
Created by: loofarama
Pronunciation: lee-sure
Sentence: his leizure was overwhelming him. i even tried hurting him, but it didn't work
Etymology: leisure + seizure
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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Kalinualeach
Created by: doig1394
Pronunciation: ka-leen-ew-ul-eech
Sentence: that kid at the park was totally kaliualeach
Etymology: ....
Gamernaut
Created by: japfilsk8er
Pronunciation: gamer not
Sentence: keeps his momentum going and stay focus to the game
Etymology: game and juggernaut
Gadgetation
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: gaj-it-a-shun
Sentence: After 12 hours of Quake, John's whole body vibrated with advanced gadgetation.
Etymology: gadget + agitation
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COMMENTS:
excellent! - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-13: 11:56:00
I'm not certain why - but I'm locked in. Top word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-13: 20:16:00
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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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Fraystation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: fray/stay/shun
Sentence: The squeels and the jumping meant that he had entered the dangerous zone of fraystation
Etymology: fray (frazzle) + station (sphere) + playstation
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COMMENTS:
Has a great ring to it! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-13: 07:14:00
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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.
Comments:
OZZIEBOB - 2007-09-13: 20:07:00
Suddenly I'm become pixi-led. Nice word.