Nintendonitis

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A form of Nintendinitis — A form of repetitive strain injury, which may include tendinitis, affecting the thumbs or other fingers of frequent video gamers, often from the excessive use of the d-pad on a game controller.

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nounNintendonitis (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of Nintendinitis.

    Nintendo stimulates children to do extreme things. […] A female school aide from Hammond, Indiana, played it for 4 months, 4 hours a night, until her doctor gave her a thumb splint for her "Nintendonitis" and told her to lay off video games. She started playing with her palms.

    1997, F. Philip Rice, “Social Development: Peer Relationships, Television, Gender Roles, and Moral Development”, in Peter Janzow, editor, Child and Adolescent Development, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 357, column 1
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