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DEFINITION: n. A lost thought; v. To become distracted and lose track of what you were thinking.
Verboticisms
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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!
Etymology:
Trainmash
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: Trayn-mash
Sentence: Now, what did I come into this room for? Argh! I'm having a total trainmash!
Etymology: train - train of thought mash - crush, squash, smash wordplay on train crash
Thinkhole
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: think - ho - el
Sentence: In trying to remember what she meant to tell her husband, Marnie encountered a thinkhole. She could not retrieve the thoughts that had been preoccupying her for the last day and a half. She felt like her mind was wandering the desert.
Etymology: think, sink, sinkhole
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COMMENTS:
I must thay, that's a thuper word! - whipspeak, 2009-12-04: 08:07:00
Love it! You got my vote! - artr, 2009-12-06: 06:53:00
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Forgthought
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Forg-thot
Sentence: Because of her constant blather about crustaceans and underpants, I complete forgthought of my metaphysical essay topic Nature of Time ... hey I remember now!
Etymology: Forgot (failed to remember) + forgo (do without, ie. the thought) + thought (idea produced by thinking)
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COMMENTS:
like it!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-21: 09:43:00
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Slippedcognizant
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sliptkägnəzənt
Sentence: Much like the old quote from the Three Stooges, ”I’m trying to think but nothing happens” John can lose a thought before it he can even finish formulating it. In a slippedcognizant moment he can even forget the Alamo.
Etymology: slipped cog (mental mistake) + cognizant (having knowledge or being aware of)
Thurp
Created by: mgood
Pronunciation: th-urp
Sentence: I hope I can recover the thurp I just endured!
Etymology: combined thought with burp!
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COMMENTS:
I've had a thurp before myself. - texmom, 2007-05-23: 00:22:00
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Attentionesia
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
Fleethink
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: flee th ink
Sentence: He thought the thought was fleethink but he wasn't sure.
Etymology: fleeting think
Ruminesia
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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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by ziggy41. Thank you ziggy41! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by ziggy41. Thank you ziggy41. ~ James