Verboticism: Disconnectedcerebralblankout
DEFINITION: n. An out-of-body, or out-of-brain, experience which occurs when faced with a demanding intellectual challenge. v. To lose your train of thought while trying to demonstrate your intellectual prowess.
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Cranidumb
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kray nee dum
Sentence: Marcia was experiencing an episode of cranidumb while she was writing her finals. She could not even complete the multiple choice questions because she temporarily had forgotten enything she ever knew. Forget about joining MENSA, she needed to find an Alzheimer's specialist quickly...
Etymology: Cranium (part of the skull that encloses the brain) & Dumb (not smart)
Knowitnot
Created by: peenookie
Pronunciation: Like know it all...
Sentence: My boss is trying to tell me how this works?! He is such a knowitnot, he wouldn't know the how to handle this even if he had the policy and procedure book in front of him.
Etymology: know it all and not knowing it = knowitnot
Inspelligence
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: in SPELL i gence
Sentence: Brian’s last question from the audience stupefied him. “Well, the truthh izz....” He lost his train of thought mid-sentence, hesitated, then launched into a full inspelligence of senseless blubbering. “Andi oeej f iaoe uck sjdi...” This got worse! Was he speaking meaningless drivellence or an obscure language? Moments later, he snapped to alertness to ask: who he was, where he was and why him? It was a stroke of ingenious speculation.
Etymology: From intelligent and spell: to fall into a trance-like state while exercising one's intelligence.
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COMMENTS:
Inspellbinding - Nosila, 2009-04-16: 02:14:00
“Andi oeej f iaoe uck sjdi...” - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-17: 03:36:00
My whole comment didn't show... What the “Andi oeej f iaoe uck sjdi...?” Good one! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-17: 03:38:00
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Conundumb
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ko nun dum
Sentence: It was her worst nightmare. Mary Jane had studied hard for her finals. In fact, she'd spent hours cramming in knowledge for the big day. She'd answered every multiple choice question and felt confident that her answer was the right one in each case. All finished, she just had to complete the top portion with her personal information. She froze when it asked for her address and phone number. Having just moved, she could not for the life of her remember them. AAAgh! What a conundumb and her not allowed to open her purse. She obviously had crammed too much intense trivia in her brain cells and bumped out a simple sequence of numbers. Time's up, Mary Jane!
Etymology: Conundrum (a difficult problem;enigma;something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained;riddle) & Dumb (slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;stupid)
Brainwreck
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: brayn-rehk
Sentence: "Ah Choo Choo," Tallulah exclaimed, looking down at her test paper. She had lost her train of thought. She had forgotten to take her meds and a brainwreck had taken place at the crossroads of Synapse and Catalyst.
Etymology: Playing on TRAINWRECK
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COMMENTS:
A great word! - splendiction, 2009-04-15: 20:08:00
Excellent! - Mustang, 2009-04-16: 00:21:00
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Knowpiate
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: no - pee - et
Sentence: Sigmund sat for his bar exams on Wednesday but for some reason, he felt like he had taken a knowpiate....everything he thought he knew was suppressed somehow and his brain felt foggy.
Etymology: knowledge, know, opiate (opiates dull the senses, suppress the activity of the central nervous system)
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COMMENTS:
Excellent blending of words! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-15: 11:56:00
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Disconnectedcerebralblankout
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: dis-con-nect-ed-ce-re-bral-blank-out
Sentence: Sable was taking her medical board exam as she suddenly had a "disconnectedcerebralblankout" Not one word or idea or answer would enter her thoughts...as she was so disconnected her mind went completely blank.
Etymology: Disconnected:Not connected,separate; also:incoherent. Cerebral:Of or relating to the brain or the intellect. Blank:Appearing or causing to appear dazed,confounded. Out:So as to be missing or displaced from the usual or proper place.
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Acumeander
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ack-you-mee-anda
Sentence: Cinnamon's special topic on mastermind was "spices in Asian cuisine". Once the timer started and the host began asking questions, she began to acumeander. She could no longer think straight and mixed her cardamon with her cumin and the galangal with the ginger.
Etymology: acumen (keenness of mind) + meander (wander around, get sidetracked)
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COMMENTS:
Spicy! - Nosila, 2009-04-16: 02:12:00
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Lapsody
Created by: fabdiva
Pronunciation: lap-so-dee
Sentence: Jake was bemused by the fact he had forgotten a whole page of his clarinet solo previously committed to memory - a lapsody in blue, as it were.
Etymology: lapse - a temporary failure of concentration, memory or judgement. rhapsody - an effusively enthusiastic or ecstatic expression of feeling.
Epiphanot
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ih-pif-uh-not
Sentence: Sarah studied diligently for the test but when time came to show what she knew, she was struck with an epiphanot. As Curly of Three Stooges fame said, "I'm trying to think but nothing happens".
Etymology: epiphany (a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something) + not (negative result)
