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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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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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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.
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
Brainlocked
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: You can´t find your keys. Are you totally brainlocked?
Etymology:
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
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
Flakesearch
Created by: sparkles510
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Matt's continued to flakesearch even though the keys are in his hands.
Etymology:
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.
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
Comments:
FreeToys - 2007-09-10: 14:01:00
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