Verboticisms

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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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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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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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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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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COMMENTS:

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

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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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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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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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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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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: bah + fooled

Sentence: I got so baffooled looking for my sunglasses that I ended up looking for my wallet instead.

Etymology: baffle + fooled

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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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