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teleportitis

teleportitis noun: in some roguelike games, an intrinsic ability that causes the player's character to teleport from place to place without warning.

Noun

teleportitis (uncountable)

  1. (informal) In some roguelike games, an intrinsic ability that causes the player's character to teleport from place to place without warning.
    • Teleportitis is gained by eating a leprechaun or quantum mechanic or nymph.1990, Aaron Sher, “Teleportation”, in rec.games.hack (Usenet)
    • That ring stayed on his finger until resists became more an issue than damage output, and stayed off when I got teleportitis in the Slime pits and had to rely on teleport control.2006, Rorschach, “YAVP: Argos the Merry Minotaur”, in rec.games.roguelike.misc (Usenet)

Origin of teleportitis

From teleport + -itis.

Questions about teleportitis

What does teleportitis mean?
Teleportitis means in some roguelike games, an intrinsic ability that causes the player's character to teleport from place to place without warning.
What part of speech is teleportitis?
Teleportitis is a noun.

Words near teleportitis in the dictionary

  1. teleportative
  2. teleported
  3. teleporter
  4. teleporters
  5. teleporting
  6. teleportitis
  7. teleports
  8. telepost
  9. teleposts
  10. telepractice
  11. telepractices

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