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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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Brainitch

Created by: LMR1991

Pronunciation: brain-i-tick

Sentence: Ugh! I have a brainitch.

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Dejalost

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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Aydeedee

Created by: treyb

Pronunciation: Ey-dee-dee

Sentence: Arg, aydeedee, I forgot what I was going to tell you.

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Rememberr

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: re-memb-er

Sentence: Sophie racked her brains to try and recall the witty comeback she was about to make to her nemesis at work. Unfortunately, her thoughts had switched inconveniently to what she needed to get at the shops on the way home and could only rememberr something totally inadequate.

Etymology: remember (the act of memory) + err (to make a mistake) + er (an expression which indicates uncertainty)

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Damnesia

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: dam nee sha

Sentence: You know the feeling...you go into a room, but forget why you went. You see someone familiar but cannot recall their name. You put your keys down, but cannot find them as you race around getting ready to go to work. Yes, it's that damnesia. You used to have a photographic memory...but now you keep forgetting to buy film for it. Your memory is now like a pen that runs out of ink. You have crossed into a new dementia, The Whywrite Zone.

Etymology: Damn (expletives used informally as intensifiers) & Amnesia (total or partial loss of memory)

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Gonecept

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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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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I must thay, that's a thuper word! - whipspeak, 2009-12-04: 08:07:00