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DEFINITION: To be so distracted by the fact that you can't find something, that you forget what you were looking for.
Escalapse
Top verboticism of the day created by ScrabbledEgg
Pronunciation: es-kuh-laps
Sentence: He couldn't remember where he set his cellphone, and it just escalapsed from there. Now he's just standing there, gazing into the refrigerator, hoping it has what he needs.
Etymology: escalate (to increase in magnitude, intensity, amount...) + lapse, as in "a lapse of memory"
Created by: ScrabbledEgg.
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Comments:
Exactky what happens to me in the situation. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-11: 01:05:00
Neglecate: /neh-gle-keyt/ Fred continued to neglecate until Wilma hit him on the head with a frying pan. Etymology: neglect + locate Created by: remistram.
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