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DEFINITION: n. A condition where you get so distracted by the fact that you can't find something, that you forget what you were looking for. v. To forget what you are looking for while you are looking for it.
Verboticisms
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Absentfinded
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: ab - sent - fine - ded
Sentence: Felicity was absentfinded. Everytime she went to look for something, she forgot what she was supposed to be looking for.
Etymology: absent-minded, find
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COMMENTS:
Our words today are very similar -this proves great minds think alike! Good word! - splendiction, 2009-10-01: 19:10:00
great word - Nosila, 2009-10-01: 20:22:00
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Tweekpeek
Created by: Sed8ed
Pronunciation: tw'eek p'eek
Sentence: So irritated at his inability to locate his wallet, John found himself throwing things about the room while tweekpeeking under everything.
Etymology:
Seeknesia
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sēknēzhə
Sentence: Al suffers from seeknesia. Not only does he have trouble finding things, he often forgets what he was looking for in the first place. The results of these slips can sometimes be a bit shocking like the time he went out to shovel his sidewalk and realized that what he had been looking for before seeknesia struck was twofold, his snow shovel and his pants.
Etymology: seek (attempt to find something) + amnesia (a partial or total loss of memory)
Forgetterer
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: for get er er
Sentence: Tom was a forgetterer, not only did he forget to pick up his keys, when he went back for them he forgot what he was looking for.
Etymology: from forget and erer means over and over. so forgetting one thing then another then another.
Memoreverse
Created by: Sketchy
Pronunciation: memo-REE-verse
Sentence: The Doctor said It's a condition called memoreverse...wait, what was I saying again?
Etymology: Memory, Reverse
Stemel
Created by: Ahmad
Pronunciation: ste-ml
Sentence: After every 10 minutes , Jamil comes and asks what questions are expected in tomorrow's paper , exams has turned him into a stemel.
Etymology: Stemel is the acronym for Short term memory loss.
Seekersblock
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: sikh-errs-blok
Sentence: He knew it would be in the last place he looked, but his seekersblock proved something of an obstacle.
Etymology: From "writer's block" and "seek". Always wonder whether you're allowed 2 separate words, because "seeker's block" would be better here.
Helterseeker
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: hell-tor-sEk-or
Sentence: Jill's search for her keys turned into a helterseeker. She forgot that she is seeking her keys when she stumbled onto a shoe she lost 2 months ago.
Etymology: helter skelter/seek
Confogulated
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: con-fog-u-late-ed
Sentence: I'm so confogulated, what was I looking for?
Etymology: Confused+forgot+discombobulated
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by mana1066.
Thank you mana1066! ~ James
I do believe in the UK the DJ on Radio 2 called Terry Wogan calls this a senior moment but thats two words.
Funny thing is that it's been happening to me since I was a kid... Do think it's going to get worse as I get older?
Today's definition was suggested by mana1066. Thank you mana1066. ~ James