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DEFINITION: n. A lost thought; v. To become distracted and lose track of what you were thinking.

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Disbrainia

Created by: guesser

Pronunciation: dis-brain-Ea

Sentence: I don't know which is worse, disbrainia or brain freeze, both make my head hurt!

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Thinkslip

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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Disconthinkcue

Created by: cohenarie

Pronunciation: dis kon THIN kyu

Sentence: Partway through my presentation, I completely disconthinkued, causing me to stop mid-sentence. (One might also experience a "disconthinkcuance")

Etymology: discontinue + think.

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Ideaotomy

Created by: grasshopper

Pronunciation: idea-otomy

Sentence: Dr.'s have recently put a name to the symptoms of a constant lose of though now known as ideaotomy

Etymology: idea-to have a thought otomy- the removal of something idea/otomy

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COMMENTS:

That's a pretty cool word.I suffer from it a lot!! - angelheart, 2007-05-22: 16:14:00

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Castathought

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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Blankout

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: BLANC-owt

Sentence: Cynthia and Rupert seemed to be on a connected wavelength, both having moments of blankout where their thoughts just dead ended in confused mental disarray.

Etymology: Blend of 'blank' and 'out', play on the word 'blackout'.

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