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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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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.
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.
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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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
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
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
Losatwa
Created by: leeannhamers
Pronunciation: la-us-aa-twa
Sentence: i was all like losatwa~!
Etymology: lost/ monwatwa
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
zombieseek