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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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Biaphasia

gazissax

Created by: gazissax

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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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Lobotomissed

MrDave2176

Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: lo-BOT-o-missed

Sentence: Marty was so lobotomissed he failed to realize he was holding his sunglasses in his hands.

Etymology: lobotomy + missed.

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Confoundcentration

Created by: loofarama

Pronunciation: con-fownd-sent-tration

Sentence: he was lost in his confoundcentration. Frustrated he left his house, but to his surprise he couldn't lock the door. He wondered why.

Etymology: con-found-it(frustration) + concentration

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Escalapse

Created by: ScrabbledEgg

Pronunciation: es-kuh-laps

Sentence: He couldn't remember where he set his cellphone, and it just escalapsed from there. Now he's just standing there, gazing into the refrigerator, hoping it has what he needs.

Etymology: escalate (to increase in magnitude, intensity, amount...) + lapse, as in "a lapse of memory"

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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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Searchfusion

Created by: apathy42

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Brainlocked

Created by: StigAllan

Pronunciation:

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

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Memgap

Created by: leomar

Pronunciation: mem-gap

Sentence: memory gap, thats all, lolz!! hahaha!!

Etymology: mem-gap

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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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Flakesearch

sparkles510

Created by: sparkles510

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Sentence: Matt's continued to flakesearch even though the keys are in his hands.

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