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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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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)
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
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
Googleptic
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: goo-gel-ep-tic
Sentence: James was standing naked in his bedroom. He couldn't find his socks. He grabbed his iphone which was strapped to his hip -- that's right he slept with it and nothing else. He texted his socks. They didn't reply. He twittered them. No response. He phoned. No answer. So he googled his name plus socks and found a post on his blog which said "Look in sock drawer". And thank goodness he did, otherwise he would have had a googleptic fit.
Etymology: google + epilepsy
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COMMENTS:
good word... - mweinmann, 2009-08-11: 07:44:00
googlepic word - Nosila, 2009-08-11: 12:20:00
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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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Cybernizer
Created by: dstorm78
Pronunciation: cy - ber - nie - zer
Sentence: I'm such a cybernizer; I wish I could search through my house for my keys with my computer.
Etymology: Combination of "cyber" and "organizer", someone who uses cyberspace to organize.
Chercheholism
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: shar-sha-hol-ism
Sentence: He stood frozen in the middle of the grocery store, staring the multi-aisle maze. His chercheholism rendered him non-functional.
Etymology: cherche - french for search; holism - from alchoholism
Yahooginitis
Created by: xshadowswimmer08x
Pronunciation: Yah-Hoo-Gen-Itis
Sentence: He could even match his socks because of his yahooginitis
Etymology: Yahoo/Engine/itis
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
