A condition in which, after logging many consecutive game hours of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the user begins to hallucinate seeing semi-transparent blue shields and half-shields in real-life cover items such as walls, counters, and cars.

Dmitri rubbed his eyes and shook his head as blue shields tinged his view. After last night's gaming binge, the XCOM syndrome was starting to get to him.

XCOM syndrome by jtroopa December 4, 2013

Related Words

Xcolm • xcombious • XCOM syndrome • xolmys • That's XCOM baby • X-Com

Xcom

Game series where you, as the commander, defend earth against aliens. Xcom is know for strategy and tactics with a heavy emphasis on RNG (random number generator).

STEVE : I was playing xcom last night and ended up getting my whole squad killed after missing a 98% shot.

JAKE : That's XCOM baby!

Xcom by TopSpec September 25, 2015

That's XCOM baby

This is Xcom baby is a reference by fans of the unfair nature of Xcom as players can lose members in a single turn thanks to an unfair rng getting them killed, such as missing a 80%+ shot or enemies

Your soldier missing a 90% chance, That's XCOM baby!

That's XCOM baby by XCOM Fan March 12, 2023

xcombious

Extremly soft and juicy

Those mangoes are xcombious

xcombious by Zillionare October 29, 2020

xolmys

Xolmys is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. These are relative large flycatchers that are found in fairly open habitats. Most have black, grey and white plumage.

The xolmys looks nice

xolmys by kiwi9969 January 15, 2023

crunchy

Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.

"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"

crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007

Word of the Day on September 24, 2026

Galantir

A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.

Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.

Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026

Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.

DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.

murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021

Word of the Day on September 22, 2026

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

Word of the Day on September 21, 2026

Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026

hobo loko

any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear

hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh

hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 19, 2026