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DEFINITION: n. The inability to find, organize, or keep track of, simple physical objects. Often occurs when an individual has developed a search-engine dependency. v. To search for something that should be easy to find.
Verboticisms
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Lostaganism
Created by: nancyblue
Pronunciation: lost-tag-an-ism
Sentence: Hillary erupted in lostaganism upon learning that her red old stand-bye pantsuit was not picked up at the cleaners, because the store had gone out of business due to the great recession.
Etymology: lost: become unable to find ------ antagonism: active hostility or opposition
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COMMENTS:
Lostaginism occurs for many reasons: a lost hair clip,missing glove, misplaced infant child - nancyblue, 2011-01-03: 20:44:00
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Pocketmaze
Created by: troutmask
Pronunciation:
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COMMENTS:
- troutmask, 2007-01-06: 20:45:00
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Disorgajumble
Created by: bghicks
Pronunciation: dis-orga-jumble
Sentence: He was completely organized in the office, but at home everything he owned was disorgajumbled.
Etymology: disorga - from disorganized jumble - a big pile o' stuff
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COMMENTS:
so true! - wordmeister, 2007-01-05: 11:30:00
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Imfeelingdependant
Created by: bondfool
Pronunciation: Ayem-fee-ling-dee-pen-dant.
Sentence: He's totally "feeling dependant" while looking for a Baby Blues book amongst his shelves.
Etymology: The "I'm Feeling Lucky" google search.
Googlephrenia
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: goo-gull-FREE-nee-uh
Sentence: Jared is a total Googlephreniac. He has 578 online friends, 6 blogs, and can IM 24/7 but it took him 2 days to find his keys.
Etymology: Google + phrenia (mental disorder)
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COMMENTS:
Good! Two days to find his keys... - wordmeister, 2007-01-05: 11:58:00
Thanks. I am confused. Why is "stormee" credited with my word? - Alchemist, 2007-01-05: 13:01:00
Hi Alchemist, If you submit a word that has already been created by another player, you can choose to join the first player and become a co-creator of the word. That is how stormee joined your team. I guess it's proof that great minds think alike! ~ James - Verbotomy, 2007-01-07: 09:12:00
Ahhh~ light bulb goes on. Thanks! - Alchemist, 2007-01-07: 22:42:00
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Somebuggerswipeditdotcom
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: sum-bug-r-swiped-it.com
Sentence: It's gone. Lost. Missing. Stolen. Just plain not here. My only option is to use Somebuggerswipeditdotcom - they'll find it for me!
Etymology: Well, I wrote it down on a bit of paper, but I can't find it anywhere ...
Googaholic
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: goōgəhôlik
Sentence: The meeting began with Mark and others standing up and stating, **My name is Mark (or their own name) and I am a googaholic**. He knew he had to do this because he had become ingoogable of finding anything, even his googfriend*s house without his search engine and she lived just across the street.
Etymology: alcoholic - incapable - girlfriend
Dotcompromised
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: daht/com/pro/mizd
Sentence: He was so dotcompromised that he couldn't function at all without being hooked up to his umbilical mouse.
Etymology: dot com + compromised
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COMMENTS:
Oh dear, I hope he doesn't get caught in a dotcompromising position... - wordmeister, 2007-01-05: 11:27:00
The way he's holding that sock is a bit suspicious - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-05: 11:40:00
You two have definitely cyberpromised this gentleman without any evidence whatsoever!! - Stevenson0, 2007-01-05: 13:47:00
Stevenson0 - are you implying I'm a socktease? - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-05: 13:56:00
That statement could cause some cyberepercussions... - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-06: 07:35:00
Maybe that's not a sock he holding.... - wordmeister, 2007-01-06: 11:37:00
I dunno - I've never seen an argylpholactic before. He should just chuck the sock; pink does not become him. - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-06: 14:48:00
purpleartichokes - I love your word argylpholactics - very clever - maybe there's a market for them - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-08: 11:19:00
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Aneurekability
Created by: jennw2ns
Pronunciation: AN-yuhr-EEK-uh-BIL-ih-tee
Sentence: Because of my aneurekability, I can never find my car keys
Etymology: "An"--lack of (Greek) "Eureka"--I found it (also Greek) "bility"--coming, as it does, from "ability"
Htmltzheimers
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: aych-tee-em-alt-sigh-mers
Sentence: when his server went down he was completely lost and afraid...his htmltzheimers was getting worse
Etymology: html , altzheimers
