Lame-statusism is defined as a disease. As a disease, lame-statusism has a clear beginning, middle, end, and prognosis. It can also be cured under proper treatment. If you or someone you know suffers from Lame Statusism, don't despair. Treatment and help is available.

Classic Symptoms
There is a huge list of common symptoms associated with lame statuses. Even if you don't Facebook, chances are that you have heard some of them. Listed below are some of the important symptoms of lame-statusism. The important signs of lame-statusism are: Facebooking alone, making or finding excuses to update your status, daily or frequent Facebooking needed to function, inability to reduce or stop updating your status, violent episodes associated with Facebooking, Facebooking secretly, becoming angry when confronted about your lame status updates, poor eating habits or lack of appetite, failure to care for physical appearance, trembling in the morning or body tremors, high levels of physical anxiety, vomiting, headaches, concentration difficulties, memory problems, and sleeping for long periods of time.

Faceblocked; (fac-bloked) To be prevented from using facebook, myspace or any other social networking site on the internet. Primarily due to overuse by co-workers and paranoia by CEO's of companies, where people do less work than they use these sites.

On social networking sites, oftentimes individuals – especially college-aged Americans – tag their acquaintances in pictures that render the victim completely unappealing to the opposite sex, so there is virtually no danger of impregnating another or becoming impregnated. Usually such photos involve individuals making strange faces, posturing themselves oddly, or exhibiting behaviors that compromise their individual dignity. Often such images involve the use or overuse of controlled substances, or behaving in such a manner that puts their sexuality into question. Posted by third-parties who may have taken the photo and “tagged” the individual in an awkward situation or pose, the Birth Control Tag (BCT) is one of the most effective methods to damage one's online reputation.

The result of using facebook for 24 hours or more.

The best laughter for online conversations (Facebook chat, aim, msn, etc.) Sure beats lol or haha. Can be used like BAHAHAHAHA! or Baha, or BWHAHAHA!, or bahahaha!, But if you over use it, people will think you are on drugs or somthing.

Used when someone constantly checks their account on a social networking website, in hopes of receiving comments or messages from friends.

A legal instrument authorizing one to act as another's Facebook agent in times of intense overuse of the site as a procrastination tool. Handing over power of account would involve giving someone trustworthy your password, and allowing them to change it so that you won't be able to lurk the site instead of getting work done.