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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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Floptimizing
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: flop/ti/miz/ing
Sentence: FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) struck home as Fred realized that all the time spent looking for his missing black sock could be blamed on his floptimizing genes.
Etymology: flop (failure) + optimizing (what every SEO guarantees)
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COMMENTS:
I'm wondering if I'm floptimistic? I think I can find stuff, but I can't... - wordmeister, 2007-01-06: 01:11:00
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Antepussty
Created by: themeanreds
Pronunciation: Ant-ae-puss-tee
Sentence: I can't find my Corvette anywhere due to a severe case of antepussty.
Etymology: Ante (anterior) + Puss (face) = It's right in front of your grill, man. Get yourself together.
Discomgoogulated
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dis-kuhm-goog-yuh-leytd
Sentence: Jason is so used to keeping track of his life by way of his electronic devices. Without his TomTom he might not be able to get to work or back home. Last week when he misplaced his smart phone he was completely discomgoogulated.
Etymology: discombobulated (confused or disconcerted; upset; frustrated) + google (brand name of a leading Internet search engine)
Googlewithdrawal
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: goo-gle-with-draw-al
Sentence: Bill suffered googlewithdrawal and was unable to organize or find anything without the familiar search engine.
Etymology: google + withdrawal
Gnashdig
Created by: Maureen
Pronunciation: nash - dig
Sentence: David you have spent all morning gnashdigging for your wallet; it is about time you got more organised.
Etymology: gnash - grinding teeth in frustration and dig - to search for.
Absentfindedness
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: ab-sent-fine-did-ness
Sentence: Tristram's absentfindedness was steadily getting worse...he couldn't even find the note he'd written that told him where he'd left his glasses.
Etymology: absent + find (and echo of absent-minded)
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COMMENTS:
Good word chris! - wordmeister, 2007-01-06: 11:41:00
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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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