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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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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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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'.
Aydeedee
Created by: treyb
Pronunciation: Ey-dee-dee
Sentence: Arg, aydeedee, I forgot what I was going to tell you.
Etymology:
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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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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Misstraction
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: miss/trak/shun
Sentence: He suffers from serious misstraction
Etymology: distraction + miss
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)
Brainfart
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.
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:
Today's definition was suggested by ziggy41. Thank you ziggy41! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by ziggy41. Thank you ziggy41. ~ James