When someone who has a TiVo or DVR system tries fast-forwarding though live TV out of a habit of viewing recorded programs.

Some may pause during a commercial and try to blow some time so that they may eventually skip through commercials.
What's she doing?

Oh, she's got TiVo Syndrome. She thinks that everything is already pre-recorded.
by JEWSIAN. August 15, 2010
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