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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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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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Robservation

Created by: Scrumpy

Pronunciation: rob-zur-vey-shun

Sentence: He was so filled with robversation that he walked past his missing spectacles three times.

Etymology: rob - (to take, deprive) observation - (notice, perceive)

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to be fair, he was probably blindsided - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-10: 12:10:00

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Searcheria

Created by: perpersson

Pronunciation:

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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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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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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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Flakesearch

sparkles510

Created by: sparkles510

Pronunciation:

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

Etymology:

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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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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.

Etymology:

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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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Biaphasia

gazissax

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