Verboticisms

Created by: treyb

Pronunciation: Ey-dee-dee

Sentence: Arg, aydeedee, I forgot what I was going to tell you.

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Created by: geoamnesia

Pronunciation:

Sentence: The thought came, saw and fled in a nanosecond, leaving me with that familiar feeling of ifonlyness.

Etymology: If + only - a mental and emotional condition common to people with short memories, or no memory at all.

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Created by: boomslang

Pronunciation: flab-u-luss

Sentence: you look flabulous today dear!

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

excellent! - boomslang, 2009-12-05: 19:11:00

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Created by: pinwheel

Pronunciation: tad/ull/d

Sentence: I had rubber gloves on and three foot of garden hose in my hand but for the life of me I was so taddled I couldn't think what I had intended to do with it.

Etymology: tad ( a small amount) + addled (confused)

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COMMENTS:

that reminds me - I have to do some gardening today and if I get taddled, I can just wash the car - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-21: 09:37:00

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Created by: Carria

Pronunciation:

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Etymology: From latin pēnsāre "think " and amnesia

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Created by: ldikarev

Pronunciation: THink slip

Sentence: As I was about to win the noble prize for general awesomeness of ideas I had abrupt thinkslip and lost all memory of my idea.

Etymology: think slip

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Created by: weareallbeautiful

Pronunciation: k-ah-s-t-uh-th-ough-t

Sentence: Jenna tried to remember her castathought but she had lost her concentration.

Etymology: castaway+thought

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: dam nee sha

Sentence: You know the feeling...you go into a room, but forget why you went. You see someone familiar but cannot recall their name. You put your keys down, but cannot find them as you race around getting ready to go to work. Yes, it's that damnesia. You used to have a photographic memory...but now you keep forgetting to buy film for it. Your memory is now like a pen that runs out of ink. You have crossed into a new dementia, The Whywrite Zone.

Etymology: Damn (expletives used informally as intensifiers) & Amnesia (total or partial loss of memory)

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Created by: angelheart

Pronunciation: Crania-FLAT-u-ence

Sentence: "I'm really suffering from a bad case of craniaflatuence"

Etymology: Crania-pertaining to the head or brain Flatuence-having excess gas in the system

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Created by: serendipity9000

Pronunciation: thred-rift

Sentence: I had just the perfect final thought for my paper, but then I lost hold of it and the next minute it was threadrift.

Etymology: Thread (as in thread of an idea or thought) + drift (to move away)

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