Teleportitis

Origin

teleport + -itis

Full definition of teleportitis

Noun

1. (video games, informal) In some roguelike games, an intrinsic ability that causes the player's character to teleport from place to place without warning.
• 1990, "Aaron Sher", Teleportation (on newsgroup rec.games.hack)Teleportitis is gained by eating a leprechaun or quantum mechanic or nymph.
• 2006, "Rorschach", YAVP: Argos the Merry Minotaur (on newsgroup rec.games.roguelike.misc)That ring stayed on his finger until resists became more an issue than damage output, and stayed off when I got teleportitis in the Slime pits and had to rely on teleport control.