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DEFINITION: n. An out-of-body, or out-of-brain, experience which occurs when faced with a demanding intellectual challenge. v. To lose your train of thought while trying to demonstrate your intellectual prowess.
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Transcendentaldeprivation
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: tranz-en-dentl-dep-ruhv-ay-shun
Sentence: Gilbert had recurring episodes of transcendentaldeprivation and particularly so when he was trying to show off his imaginary mental agility wherein his mind would wander completely off topic causing him to lose his train of thought entirely.
Etymology: Blend of 'transcendental' (being beyond ordinary or common experience, thought, or belief; supernatural) and 'deprivation',(dispossession; loss) a play on the term 'transcendental meditation'.
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COMMENTS:
Also transcenmental ....wonderful word! - mweinmann, 2009-04-15: 08:50:00
Highly Clever! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-15: 12:01:00
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Knowpiate
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: no - pee - et
Sentence: Sigmund sat for his bar exams on Wednesday but for some reason, he felt like he had taken a knowpiate....everything he thought he knew was suppressed somehow and his brain felt foggy.
Etymology: knowledge, know, opiate (opiates dull the senses, suppress the activity of the central nervous system)
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COMMENTS:
Excellent blending of words! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-15: 11:56:00
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Disconnectedcerebralblankout
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: dis-con-nect-ed-ce-re-bral-blank-out
Sentence: Sable was taking her medical board exam as she suddenly had a "disconnectedcerebralblankout" Not one word or idea or answer would enter her thoughts...as she was so disconnected her mind went completely blank.
Etymology: Disconnected:Not connected,separate; also:incoherent. Cerebral:Of or relating to the brain or the intellect. Blank:Appearing or causing to appear dazed,confounded. Out:So as to be missing or displaced from the usual or proper place.
Transcendentaldeprivation
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: tranz-en-dentl-dep-ruhv-AY-shun
Sentence: Gerald had recurring episodes of transcendentaldeprivation and particularly so when he was trying to show off his imaginary mental agility wherein his mind would wander completely off topic causing him to lose his train of thought entirely.
Etymology: Blend of 'transcendental' (being beyond ordinary or common experience, thought, or belief; supernatural) and 'deprivation',(dispossession; loss) a play on the term 'transcendental meditation'.
Mindloss
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: myned loss
Sentence: Trying to ace her finals, Becky found herself in a mindloss state. That little train of thought that normally put-puts around inside her noggin had become derailed and might not reach its station in time...I wish I could, I wish I could, she chanted.
Etymology: Mind (brain, intellect,reasoning powers) & Loss (decline in amount or activity)
Fogginnoggin
Created by: memyselfandbo
Pronunciation: fog-in-nog-in
Sentence: Cynthia stared blankly at the words starting to swirl on her test paper. She couldn't believe that she was pulling a fogginnoggin during the most important test of her life! Why couldn't she remember the actors on the original cast of Barney the Dinosaur? WHY!?!?
Etymology: fog: to make obscure or confusing. noggin: a person's head.
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COMMENTS:
Good word! - splendiction, 2009-04-15: 21:37:00
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Einstymied
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: īnstīmēd
Sentence: Randall is the youngest ever in his school to take Master's-level physics. Some call him a prodigy. Today he feels more like a brick of prodicheese. He is completely Einstymied by the test in front of him. Apparently his brain has gone back to bed without him.
Etymology: Einstein (a genius) + stymied (prevent or hinder the progress of)
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COMMENTS:
ha ha! well done! - splendiction, 2009-04-15: 21:36:00
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Slipnaughts
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: slip naughts
Sentence: Mr. S. M. Arty Pants pompously pontificated his perspicacious perceptions perpetually. People paid little attention to his weary, dreary, tiresome tedious technical talking. Suddenly, his speech suspended when his mind suffered slipnaughts and left him tied up in silence.
Etymology: SLIP, NAUGHT, SLIPKNOTS. When a mind slips (falls)into naughts (nothings), it becomes all slipknotted (tied up) in silence.
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COMMENTS:
hahaha....slipknots are pefect...they can go either way, as evidenced by Mr. Arty Pants... - mweinmann, 2009-04-15: 08:49:00
- great blending, crafty name "Smarty Pants" and effective alliteration! Stunning. - splendiction, 2009-04-15: 21:35:00
I'm shcpitting on my schreeen az I read your "slipnaughts" and I'm perpetually shaying you're obshurevayshuns are schpot on! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-16: 18:50:00
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Conundumb
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ko nun dum
Sentence: It was her worst nightmare. Mary Jane had studied hard for her finals. In fact, she'd spent hours cramming in knowledge for the big day. She'd answered every multiple choice question and felt confident that her answer was the right one in each case. All finished, she just had to complete the top portion with her personal information. She froze when it asked for her address and phone number. Having just moved, she could not for the life of her remember them. AAAgh! What a conundumb and her not allowed to open her purse. She obviously had crammed too much intense trivia in her brain cells and bumped out a simple sequence of numbers. Time's up, Mary Jane!
Etymology: Conundrum (a difficult problem;enigma;something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained;riddle) & Dumb (slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;stupid)
Brainwreck
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: brayn-rehk
Sentence: "Ah Choo Choo," Tallulah exclaimed, looking down at her test paper. She had lost her train of thought. She had forgotten to take her meds and a brainwreck had taken place at the crossroads of Synapse and Catalyst.
Etymology: Playing on TRAINWRECK
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COMMENTS:
A great word! - splendiction, 2009-04-15: 20:08:00
Excellent! - Mustang, 2009-04-16: 00:21:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
abrakadeborah - 2009-04-16: 20:11:00
Metro,YOU ROCK! :)
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James