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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.
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Googolic
Created by: garlinger626
Pronunciation: like alcoholic...goog-olic
Sentence: I can't seem to find anything without Google, I have to deal with the fact that I might be a googolic.
Etymology:
Disdotorganization
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: dis-dot-or-gan-uh-zay-shun
Sentence: Alan's keys, due to his disdotorganization, often ended up in various places, such as the microwave.
Etymology: disorganization + dot-org (as in a website)
Databrained
Created by: Ahoytheship
Pronunciation: data-brained
Sentence: She knew she was databrained when she tried to mentally use "Alt+F" to find a word in her book.
Etymology: data+scatterbrained
Searchenginitis
Created by: pianowiresmile
Pronunciation: Serch-en-gin-i-tis
Sentence: He sat at his computer so long, googling and wikipedia-hunting fer them thesis papers, he developed a wicked case of searchenginitis. It's that dang confounded college, ya know?
Etymology: Search engine/-itis (illness)
Googlepsy
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: goo-gul-ep-see
Sentence: After failing to find his keys, Bob was overcome by a bout of googlepsy, and tried turning to the popular search engine for their location.
Etymology: Google, epilepsy
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.
Googloss
Created by: whimsy
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After he finally lost the ability to track where his own home was without the use of Mapquest, his doctor started to recognize googloss as a serious disorder.
Etymology: Google + loss
Googledependic
Created by: GreatRandew
Pronunciation: goo-gl-depend-ick
Sentence: The client was so googledependic that he could not find his car keys
Etymology:
Antigoogle
Created by: dimercurio
Pronunciation: an-tee-goo-gul
Sentence: After being stuck in an antigoogle for three days, I finally finished antigoogling my keys.
Etymology: anti "against" + Google (search engine)
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"
