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'What was I looking for?'

DEFINITION: To be so distracted by the fact that you can't find something, that you forget what you were looking for.

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Represstigation

Created by: cmcesq

Pronunciation: Re-press-ti-gashun

Sentence: I was looking for something, but I represstigated what it is!

Etymology: Repress + investigation

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Brainlocked

Created by: StigAllan

Pronunciation:

Sentence: You canĀ“t find your keys. Are you totally brainlocked?

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Dualcoredelete

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: du/al/core/de/lete

Sentence: His brainblurt descended to the ultimate dualcoredelete where he couldn't remember what he was trying to remember, what he couldn't remember.

Etymology: Intel Dual Core processor + delete

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Biaphasia

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Created by: gazissax

Pronunciation:

Sentence: He was so stricken with biaphasia that he couldn't find the words for what he had lost.

Etymology: From "aphasia" which is loss of ability to remember language; and "bi" meaning double.

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Neglecate

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: neh-gle-keyt

Sentence: Fred continued to neglecate until Wilma hit him on the head with a frying pan.

Etymology: neglect + locate

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Thingamabliv

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: thing-a-MA-bliv

Sentence: Good natured Bob, who couldn't find the TV's remote control, quickly became blank-minded Bob in a thing o' nothing thingamabliv

Etymology: Blend of Thingamajig: anything otherwise unnamed whether through choice or one's inability to recall the correct name & "bliv" from oblivion: forgetfulnss.

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Deliriuhm

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: deh/leer/ee/um

Sentence: His mind was in such a state of deliriuhm that he completely forgot what the frantic search had been for

Etymology: delirium(wild obsessive excitement) + uhm?

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Roomroaming

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: room-roh-ming

Sentence: even though his sunglasses were on his head, he had spent a good five minutes searching for them and then he had spent a further ten minutes roomroaming

Etymology: room, roam

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COMMENTS:

Exactky what happens to me in the situation. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-11: 01:05:00

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Losatwa

Created by: leeannhamers

Pronunciation: la-us-aa-twa

Sentence: i was all like losatwa~!

Etymology: lost/ monwatwa

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Zombemused

Created by: FreeToys

Pronunciation: zom - bee - myoozed'

Sentence: Even though he realized he no longer remembered what he was looking for, he continued to stumble around in his zombemused state

Etymology: zombie/bemused

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FreeToys - 2007-09-10: 14:01:00
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