Verboticisms

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: brain-drop

Sentence: Um, I forget what I was going to write.

Etymology: Braindrops keep falling from my head. And just like the guy whose thoughts are too big for his head, nothing seems to stick....

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funny petaj - I like the song too - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-21: 09:35:00

Listen to the rhythm of the falling brain, telling me just what a fool I've been. - Clayton, 2007-05-21: 15:32:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: roo/muh/nee/zhuh

Sentence: He was contemplating the most brilliant idea for a new e-company when ruminesia set in and all he could remember was that he really wanted a chocolate ice-cream cone.

Etymology: ruminate (think about, ponder) + amnesia

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COMMENTS:

good one - Nosila, 2009-12-04: 18:16:00

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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: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: thaw - tuh - TAH [just say the last two syllables in a staccato accent] phonemic symbols: /θɔːt - tʌ - tɑː'/

Sentence: Thalia thautatad and her thought then turn to a thorough thautata. Thin thoughts turn out to be thautatas when thoughtless Thalia thinks thin thoughts-- a thoughtless thinking method we know now as thautata.

Etymology: "thought" + tata [goodbye in a more smexi manner]

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Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: mis-ley-DEE-uh

Sentence: No one could recall the name of Gabriel's play; Randall chalked it up as a meager mislaidea, but Julia was determined to overcome the rememberference.

Etymology: mislaid + idea

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: am nee zhe ayk

Sentence: When stressed, Maggie became distracted and found herself with an amnesiache. When that old train of thought gets derailed, it's a pain in the caboose.

Etymology: Amnesia (partial or total loss of memory) & Ache (have a desire for something or someone who is not present)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ir ret treev ab ilitee

Sentence: It happened again. Brianna had another irritrievability session. Her train of thought had become derailed again. It was like being an amnesiac in a soap opera. She could not remember anything from a second ago, nevermind longer. It all started when she began dating her co-star, Drew A. Blanc. He seemed to have no memory at all. Probably a good thing in Hollywood, but a bad thing for her...had they had their first kiss, gotten married, had a child? Who knew??? All that Brianna did know was that she would have to get back on the Ginko-Biloba again soon, or her career might be over! Whoulda thought????

Etymology: Irretrievable (impossible to recover or recoup or overcome) & Irritate (annoy;disturb, especially by minor irritations) & Ability (possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done).

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: flee th ink

Sentence: He thought the thought was fleethink but he wasn't sure.

Etymology: fleeting think

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Created by: JayBaldo

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology: A terrible combo of lost and thought.

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: brAin-fart

Sentence: Jill had a brainfart only 20 minutes into her speech. People noticed her distant stare and puzzled looks as she tried to recall the topic and reason for being at the podium.

Etymology: brain/fart, escape of bodily gas.

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