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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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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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Brainlocked

Created by: StigAllan

Pronunciation:

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

Etymology:

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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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COMMENTS:

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

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Thingamabliv

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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Findset

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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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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