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Nintendo thumb — (nin.TEN.doh thum; th as in thin) n. A repetitive stress injury that causes swelling at the base of the thumb due to overuse of video games. Example Citation: Professional skateboarding looks utterly terrifying, but even the timid can do kick… … New words
Calendar of 1997 — ▪ 1998 JANUARY JANUARY 1 Ghanaian Kofi Annan replaces Egyptian Boutros Boutros Ghali in the position of United Nations secretary general. Among those knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in the annual New Year s Day ceremony is pop musician … Universalium
BlackBerry thumb — n. A repetitive stress injury characterized by swelling and pain at the base of the thumb and caused by prolonged use of the thumb while operating a BlackBerry or other personal digital assistant. Example Citations: There s a new indicator of the … New words
Diseases and Syndromes — allergy bullying andropause animal hoarding baby lag baggage malaria bigorexia BlackBerry thumb … New words
Games — advergame exergaming first person shooter frag gamer shame gamification griefer heroinware … New words
LAN party — (LAN par.tee) n. A gathering where people bring their own computers, connect them together into a local area network (LAN), and then play computer games (particularly first person shooter games) against each other. LAN partyer n. Example… … New words
first-person shooter — n. A type of computer game in which the player assumes the perspective of a gunman. Example Citation: The media savvy retired Lt. Col. David Grossman made headlines with remarks about video games being murder simulators that train kids to kill,… … New words
frag — v. To kill a character in a computer game. Example Citation: In shoot em ups such as Quake III, meanwhile, they will rapidly negotiate the three dimensional chambers of a disused spaceship, guns blazing as they dodge the rocket attacks of other… … New words
mindblindness — n. The inability to perceive another person s mental state. Example Citation: What, ultimately, makes autistic people different? How do they experience the world? Twenty years ago no one had much of a clue. But a burgeoning body of research now… … New words
List of Pokémon (102–151) — Contents 1 Exeggcute 2 Exeggutor 3 Cubone 4 Marowak … Wikipedia
