the act of completely losing all touch with the real world by subjecting yourself to mindless,wasteful activity (often over the course of several hours) that often results in loss of brain cells and temporary conciousness. activities that qualify as numbing are: text messaging,being on myspacefor over six hours straight,
guitar hero, video games, computer solitaire, and/ or any
electronic device that a
digital immigrant cannot operate.
Numbing causes you to lose all touch with reality. For example, if one where to call your name while "numbing" you wouldn't respond period. However, after the numb session, all consciousness would be regained and you were address the person that called your name.
student 1: man, i am so tired. i am gonna fail this test! i didn't study at all!
student 2: me neither, i wanted to study but instead i was numbing for five hours on myspace. and
the funny thing is, is i wasn't even doing anything on it! i finally stopped because my eyes were
watering so bad and i black out for a second. it was four
in the morning!