Verboticisms

Created by: texmom

Pronunciation: ah ten shun e see ya

Sentence: During her speech a spell of attentionesia swept the next thought from her mind

Etymology: attention + amnesia

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: n. thot-bot-oh-mee

Sentence: During his presentation, Bob had an unscheduled thoughtbotomy; the slide was before him, yet he couldn't think of a single word to say.

Etymology: thought, lobotomy

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COMMENTS:

yikes - just thought of a witty retort and then lost it - I gusess it was a verbothoughbotomy - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-21: 09:40:00

I also forgot how to spell guess - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-21: 09:41:00

I can sympathize - I suffer from spellth with alarming frequency lately. - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-21: 18:07:00

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Created by: JayBaldo

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology: A terrible combo of lost and thought.

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: thnort

Sentence: yet another thnought had slipped through the cracks in his brain

Etymology: thought, nought

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COMMENTS:

This is lovely to say out loud. - petaj, 2007-05-22: 03:06:00

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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: GAWN-sept

Sentence: Dexter was usually full of ideas, but his latest one rapidly turned into a gonecept when his manager suddenly asked Dexter to describe it.

Etymology: Gone (vanished) + concept (idea)

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COMMENTS:

love it! - galwaywegian, 2012-09-14: 08:02:00

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Created by: fredm

Pronunciation: deja-lost

Sentence: As soon as she heard it, she had the feeling of dejalost - it was a thought she would never remember.

Etymology: dejalost - from deja (Fr.: already) + forgotten antonymn: "deja vu"

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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: LMR1991

Pronunciation: brain-i-tick

Sentence: Ugh! I have a brainitch.

Etymology:

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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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