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parakeetitis

parakeetitis noun: the excessive admiration of, and tendency to be easily distracted by, the visually appealing components of a board game (especially a Eurogame).

Noun

parakeetitis (uncountable)

  1. (humorous, informal, board games) The excessive admiration of, and tendency to be easily distracted by, the visually appealing components of a board game (especially a Eurogame).
    • But $20 games are hard pressed. It's expensive enough to make me think twice, not pretty enough to give me a case of parakeetitis and make me want to impulse buy. (Expensive games do get impulse bought if I trust the company or really like the theme).1998 July 7, Brian Bankler, “Re: Origins report”, in rec.games.board (Usenet)
    • These components are much harder to duplicate, and so your homebrew answer is unrealistic unless you're willing to spend lots of time cutting cards and painting little wooden blocks […]. This discussion then basically boils down to whether or not you suffer from incurable parakeetitis, which I do....1999 July 2, Derk Solko, “Re: Playing the game vs. preserving the components”, in rec.games.board (Usenet)

Examples of parakeetitis in a sentence

  • This discussion then basically boils down to whether or not you suffer from incurable parakeetitis, which I do.1999 July 2, Derk Solko, “Re: Playing the game vs. preserving the components”, in rec.games.board (Usenet):
  • I bought it on an attack of parakeetitis (mmm... pretty pieces), and thought after the first playing that the whole game was winning farms.2002 June 25, Jordan Wolbrum, “Re: Villa Paletti winner of Spiel des Jahres 2002”, in rec.games.board (Usenet):

Origin of parakeetitis

From parakeet + -itis. From the humorous association of such a player's behaviour with parakeets' repetition of human phrases and supposed affinity for shiny or colourful objects.

Questions about parakeetitis

What does parakeetitis mean?
Parakeetitis means the excessive admiration of, and tendency to be easily distracted by, the visually appealing components of a board game (especially a Eurogame).
How do you use parakeetitis in a sentence?
This discussion then basically boils down to whether or not you suffer from incurable parakeetitis, which I do.
What part of speech is parakeetitis?
Parakeetitis is a noun.

Words near parakeetitis in the dictionary

  1. parakeet
  2. parakeet auk
  3. parakeet auklet
  4. parakeet auklets
  5. parakeet auks
  6. parakeetitis
  7. parakeets
  8. parakeldyshite
  9. parakeratin
  10. parakeratinized
  11. parakeratocytic

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