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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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Goncept
Created by: whipspeak
Pronunciation: gon-sept
Sentence: Now I can't remember why I liked this word - it's goncept.
Etymology: concept: Something formed in the mind; a thought or notion + gone: departed; left.
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COMMENTS:
immaculate gonception? - Nosila, 2009-12-04: 18:17:00
:-) inarticulate gonception - whipspeak, 2009-12-04: 19:07:00
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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.
Pensamnesia
Created by: Carria
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: From latin pēnsāre "think " and 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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Misstraction
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: miss/trak/shun
Sentence: He suffers from serious misstraction
Etymology: distraction + miss
Thnought
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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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)
Braindrain
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: breyn-dreyn
Sentence: Jill had a lot of great ideas going into the meeting but her braindrain was pulled when she saw Brian sitting in the conference room. She had such a crush on him that she just felt numbstruck.
Etymology: brain (mind; intellect) + drain (to exhaust the resources of)
Comments:
Verbotomy - 2007-05-21: 01:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by ziggy41. Thank you ziggy41! ~ James
Verbotomy - 2009-12-04: 00:02:00
Today's definition was suggested by ziggy41. Thank you ziggy41. ~ James