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DEFINITION: The inability to find, organize, or keep track of, simple physical objects. Often occurs when an individual has developed a search-engine dependency.

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Loowwwse

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: loo + s

Sentence: Jon felt like such a loser beause he was a loowwwser. He realised that he had put six pairs of contact lenses in both of his eyes again, layering and layering day after day....

Etymology: to lose + www (as in world wide web)

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Dysgooglia

Created by: irminem

Pronunciation: dys-goo-gli-ah

Sentence: Chris suffers from dysgooglia; he is unable to perform any basic task that does not involve the use of the computer to assist him.

Etymology: dys- from dysfunctional + googlia- from google

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Dogpiled

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: dawg-pi-uhled

Sentence: He had Googled, Yahooed, MSN'd, and Asked Jeeves, but he was dogpiled and still couldn't figure out which slot in the drawer the spoons went.

Etymology: Dogpile "All the best search engines piled into one."; dog pile - what my mother used to call my bed

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COMMENTS:

One can only imagine why your bed was called a "dog pile" ;) - ziggy41, 2007-07-19: 04:49:00

hehe! - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-19: 06:51:00

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Cataloggedoff

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: cat-ah-logd-off

Sentence: he wandered aroung the house completely cataloggedoff, unable to even remember what he was searching for in the first place

Etymology: catalog, logged off

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COMMENTS:

A vote from an ex-cataloguer - petaj, 2007-07-20: 05:03:00

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Inlaptitude

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: in/lap/ti/tude

Sentence: Chris' inlaptitude at sorting socks resulted from leaving his laptop at the office.

Etymology: ineptitude + lap top

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Altavistuffers

Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: All-tuh-viss-tuh-furs

Sentence: Danny usually found things in the last place he looked, which he presumed was all the confirmation that he needed to prove he was joining the ranks of the world population of altavistuffers.

Etymology: Altavista + Alzheimer's + stuff + suffers

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