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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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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.
Dejalose
Created by: Mobelia
Pronunciation: Day-Jah-LooZ
Sentence: When wandering around with dejalose, you often have to stop looking in order to trigger recall of what you are looking for.
Etymology: from Deja Vous french for "all over again" and lose as in misplace from Lose -
Roomnesia
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: roŏmnēzhə
Sentence: Tom has more nesias than you can shake a stick at. There*s roomnesia, where he is working and realizes he needs something to complete his task only to forget what he was going to find when he leaves the room. There is roamnesia, where he forgets what he was working on as soon as he starts to wander in search of something he now can\'t remember. He also shows signs of homenesia, where he forgets where he is going as soon as he leaves the house and Romenesia where he can*t remember his vacation to Italy. Tom figures the final stage will be tombnesia when he can forget everything and get some long-lasting rest.
Etymology: room (a part or division of a building enclosed by walls, floor, and ceiling) + amnesia (a partial or total loss of memory)
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COMMENTS:
I have worknesia, where I get so distracted thinking up a word for Verbotomy that I forget to get ready for work. - mrskellyscl, 2009-10-01: 06:40:00
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Flashblank
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: FLASH-blanc
Sentence: As has been happening all too often lately Delbert's mind was wandering while he was looking for his car keys and he had another flashblank, his mind going totally devoid of thought and leaving him completely unable to concentrate.
Etymology: Blend of 'flash' and 'blank'....play on the word flashback
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.
Resclueless
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: res kloo less
Sentence: Les often forgot what he was looking for even as he was hunting it. He was resclueless. He even forgot to look for his girlfriend Ruth when she ran off with the paper boy. He still searches Ruthlessly for her...or something.
Etymology: Rescue (recover, retrieve) & Clueless (not having even a clue from which to infer what is occurring;having forgotten all)
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
Stumblesearch
Created by: Maureen
Pronunciation: stum-ble-ser-ch
Sentence: John's gone for another one of his stumblesearches and he'll soon be asking us what it was he was looking for.
Etymology: stumble- from stumbling block when one draws a blank. search - to look for something.
Absentfindedness
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: AB sent find ed NESS
Sentence: Able tore around the apartment, digging through gobs of stuff to find many things he forgot he had. Unfortunately, his absentfindedness prevented him from actually remembering what he was looking for. Perhaps Able found it after all that finding!
Etymology: I forgot... (Uh, a twist together of absentmindedness and find).
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COMMENTS:
Good word...amazing how many people are afflicted with this disease...not me, at least I don't remember having it! - Nosila, 2009-10-01: 20:19:00
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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