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heroinware

heroinware noun: an addictive computer game, especially one played to the extent it interferes with the everyday life of the player.

Noun

heroinware (uncountable)

  1. (slang) An addictive computer game, especially one played to the extent it interferes with the everyday life of the player.
    • Luckily, Jaffe found refuge and eventual salvation with On-Line Gamers Anonymous, one of several online self-help groups that have sprung up to deal with the fallout from electronic entertainment they call heroinware. Its forums are swollen with refugees of various online worlds, all with harrowing...2003 April 3, David McCandless, “Just one more go…”, in The Guardian

Origin of heroinware

From heroin + -ware.

Questions about heroinware

What does heroinware mean?
Heroinware means an addictive computer game, especially one played to the extent it interferes with the everyday life of the player.
What part of speech is heroinware?
Heroinware is a noun.

Words near heroinware in the dictionary

  1. heroinlike
  2. heroinomania
  3. heroinomaniac
  4. heroinomaniacs
  5. heroins
  6. heroinware
  7. heroise
  8. heroised
  9. heroises
  10. heroising
  11. heroism

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