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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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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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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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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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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

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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"

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