Verboticism: Whereamibouts
DEFINITION: n. The moment of loss, hesitation and confusion, which occurs when you enter a room and immediately forget why. v. To forget why you entered a room.
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Flushturd
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: flush/terd
Sentence: She was completely flushturd as she looked around the bathroom. Was she supposed to let out the bathwater or flush the toilet?
Etymology: flustered + flush + (you know)
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COMMENTS:
Another way to say "Oh S**t! when we forget! Wow! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-13: 11:58:00
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Roomnesia
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: room neez ya
Sentence: It was happening more and more often. Fran would enter a room and forget why she went there. She was not demented or going gaga, but everyday she would have an episode of roomnesia. She'd make a point of going into a room to do or get something and then totally forget why she went there. One night when she had some colleagues from work over, she went into the bathroom on the main floor. When she arrived, her reason for going there was pressing large on her mind. "It began with a Pee", she remembered and it was her #1 reason for going, but still she forgot. Was this the start of problems for her??? Depends...
Etymology: Room (chamber;an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling) & Amnesia (partial or total loss of memory)
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COMMENTS:
Nicely done. - artr, 2010-05-28: 03:53:00
"_#1_ reason for _going_" - Ha!! That was a good one! - karenanne, 2010-05-28: 19:55:00
Mais wee! Urine in good company if you liked that one! - Nosila, 2010-05-29: 00:22:00
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Vacuuity
Created by: Bobness
Pronunciation: văk’-yōō-ity
Sentence: I needed something from the kitchen, but when I got there, I experienced a complete vacuuity.
Etymology: From the Latin: empty space, from neuter of vacuus and -ity: a state or quality.
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COMMENTS:
Captures the essence of how empty we feel when our memory lapses! Outstanding word. - silveryaspen, 2008-03-21: 21:20:00
Perhaps,it was the vacuum cleaner! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-22: 01:03:00
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Lostalgia
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: lost - al - gyea
Sentence: Heloise would often suffer frustrating bouts of lostalgia when she was on a quest to retrieve or find something. Hard as she tried she just couldnt remember what she came for.
Etymology: Blend of lost and nostalgia
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COMMENTS:
Simple but effective. - ErWenn, 2008-03-21: 09:06:00
Nice word. - silveryaspen, 2008-03-21: 21:17:00
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Roomnesia
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: room-knee-zha
Sentence: Vincent could keep straingt every single battle of the civil war, including dates, location, casualties and even which horses were there, but he frequently suffered a debilitating roomnesia, where in he would walk into a room and immediately walk out to have one of us remind him what his purpose in that room was.
Etymology: room + amnesia
Phorwatism
Created by: cabu1
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COMMENTS:
Good word! Wish you had given us a pronunciation, sentence and etymology. Did you know you get points for each one of those three ... especially the sentence. Looking forward to seeing more from you. - silveryaspen, 2008-03-22: 10:35:00
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Befloodlement
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: bee/fud/dul/ment
Sentence: Carrie scratched her head in complete befloodlement. She was standing ankle deep in water from the overflowing bathtub but couldn't remember why she had a mop in her hands.
Etymology: befuddlement + flood
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COMMENTS:
Your brain had to delve into deep waters to come up with this one! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-21: 13:39:00
nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-22: 00:32:00
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Herenwhy
Created by: Northwoodsman
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COMMENTS:
Very appealing creation. - silveryaspen, 2008-03-22: 10:51:00
Wish you had given us a pronunciation, sentence and etymology. Did you know you get points for each one of those three ... especially the sentence. Looking forward to seeing more from you. - silveryaspen, 2008-03-22: 10:52:00
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Damnesia
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: damnēzhə
Sentence: Charlie would often have bouts of damnesia where he would get up from what he was doing to get something and then forget what he meant to get. This occurrence would inevitably elicit his favorite expletive, "Damn!". Most of the time returning to the starting point would refresh the thought but not always. Those were the moments that worried him the most.
Etymology: Damn (exclamation expressing anger, surprise, or frustration) + amnesia (a partial or total loss of memory)
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COMMENTS:
I started to write something clever... Oh, well! - wayoffcenter, 2009-01-13: 06:08:00
Damned clever! - metrohumanx, 2009-01-13: 07:51:00
Damn good! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-13: 12:06:00
Damnesia is that what happens to beavers and muskrats when they forget where they live??? - Nosila, 2009-01-13: 19:48:00
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