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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.
Verboticisms
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Flakesearch
Created by: sparkles510
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Matt's continued to flakesearch even though the keys are in his hands.
Etymology:
Losatwa
Created by: leeannhamers
Pronunciation: la-us-aa-twa
Sentence: i was all like losatwa~!
Etymology: lost/ monwatwa
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
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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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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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
Biaphasia
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.
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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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
Baffooled
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
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
Memgap
Created by: leomar
Pronunciation: mem-gap
Sentence: memory gap, thats all, lolz!! hahaha!!
Etymology: mem-gap
Neglecate
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
Misplussed
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: miss-plust
Sentence: Her misplussment was obvious as she crawled on the floor instead of looking up to the ceiling for her helium filled balloon.
Etymology: misplaced + nonplussed
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COMMENTS:
Good etymology! - skeeterzirra, 2007-09-10: 22:01:00
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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
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"
Lobotomissed
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: lo-BOT-o-missed
Sentence: Marty was so lobotomissed he failed to realize he was holding his sunglasses in his hands.
Etymology: lobotomy + missed.
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
Brainlocked
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: You can´t find your keys. Are you totally brainlocked?
Etymology:
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.
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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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?
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
Comments:
FreeToys - 2007-09-10: 14:01:00
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