An addiction to the "Net," or the World Wide Web. Generally noticeable by lack of social skills. Used and coined by www.netsyndrome.net because Spydir Web r0xr0z j00r b0x0rz.

This debilitating syndrome is caused when ones child/children suddenly cease to play hockey. It is almost exclusively experienced by people of Canadian descent. Symptoms can include inexplicable weeping, excessive consumption of poutine, and in unusually severe cases, visits to the local hockey rink in an attempt to socialize with the hockey crowd.

When your friends that are normally online to help you chat your way through your work day decide to go on vacation or get jobs where they can't be online anymore. Similar to empty nest, you feel very alone!