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Cameron Frisby, Andrew Freshwater, Duncan Moats We all know who this was invented for... #7. Hikikomori (Japanese) Means: A teenager or 20-something who has withdrawn from social life, often obsessed with TV and video games. We need this word because we badly need to draw a distinction here. After all, were long past the If you play video games, youre a virgin who lives in your parents basement stereotype. Pretty much everyone under the age of 40 owns at least one game machine. And these days, geek basically refers to the 80 percent of people who like video games, sci-fi or comics. Nerd just means somebody whos really smart. So whats the term for, say, MMORPG players who get so sucked into their game that they just withdraw from life? Read more: cracked/article_19695_9-foreign-words-english-language-desperately-needs.html#ixzz2w0y78Pfm
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 07:35:40 +0000

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