Heroinware
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Heroinware is a noun meaning (video games, slang) An addictive computer game, especially one played to the extent it interferes with the everyday life of the player.
Meaning
(video games, slang) An addictive computer game, especially one played to the extent it interferes with the everyday life of the player.
Example Sentences
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 stories of runaway gaming habits, lives ruined, friends lost, marriages broken.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include heroinism, heroin, horse, habit, hacklike, herp.
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