Verboticisms

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: 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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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: graypenguin

Pronunciation: find-set

Sentence: He was stuck in such a findset that he forgot what he was looking for.

Etymology: find + mindset

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Created by: leeannhamers

Pronunciation: la-us-aa-twa

Sentence: i was all like losatwa~!

Etymology: lost/ monwatwa

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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: 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: StigAllan

Pronunciation:

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

Etymology:

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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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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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