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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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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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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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Recollecticide

Created by: trace45

Pronunciation: rec·ol·lecti·cide

Sentence: When Mary was looking for her purse she experienced recollecticide because her thought in the mind was put to death when she stopped to ask her friend did she know what she was looking for.

Etymology: recollect + cide

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Distractastration

Created by: torvaldhightower

Pronunciation: distract-a-stray-shun

Sentence: I'm experiencing so much distractastration, standing here, bending over, and staring blankly. I'm going to put my hand on my forehead in distractastration.

Etymology: distraction + frustration

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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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Damnesia

Created by: recessivejean

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I had been searching for my lost keys when damnesia kicked in, and I wandered off to the kitchen for a bowl of cereal.

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COMMENTS:

Great word! You should always put in a pronunciation and etymology as well, so you can get all your rightful points. - Osomatic, 2007-09-10: 00:47:00

good one - FreeToys, 2007-09-10: 14:06:00

Goddamnesia, I think you've got it! Fantastic word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-10: 17:27:00

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