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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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Dataddiction

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: dat/a/dic/tion

Sentence: It is not difficult to odour out those suffering from dataddiction. They are usually wearing smelly socks and dirty underwear.

Etymology: data + addiction

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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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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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Incapaskjeevated

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: ihn-kap-ASK-jee-vay-tuhd

Sentence: When Alex reached for a mouse when searching for his can opener, he realised he was thoroughly incapaskjeevated.

Etymology: incapacitated + Ask Jeeves (ask.com search engine)

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-19: 14:41:00

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Yahumm

Created by: jadenguy

Pronunciation: yah umm

Sentence: “Where is Tiberius? Where is he?” Julius exclaimed. The makeshift portable canopy from umbrellas and duct protected the penguin he was holding from the harsh morning sun. They new taking this long to load them into the truck would be trouble. “Christ, I’m holding him here, you yahumm. Your wikipenguina is of no help, eh?”

Etymology: yahoo (person and service) + umm

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COMMENTS:

this whole continuous story writing thing has been an interesting experience. i'll probably talk about it in depth this weekend on tomorrow's word. man, i never realized how much i could enjoy it, though. - jadenguy, 2007-07-19: 11:29:00

we're enjoying it too jadenguy - now I know what the umbrellas are for - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-19: 11:54:00

But what ever happened to the farmer's daughter? - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-19: 13:50:00

hopefully tomorrow's word will lead me in that direction? - jadenguy, 2007-07-19: 15:10:00

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Fininabley

Created by: kellii3

Pronunciation: fin-in-able-y

Sentence: mr.travers was one of the few sufferers of fininabley who needed constant help finding things.

Etymology: fin-(find) inable-(inability) y-(coz it sounds better)

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COMMENTS:

woo i like this word lots - kellii3, 2007-07-24: 14:47:00

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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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