Verboticism: Alzhunter
DEFINITION: n. A condition where you get so distracted by the fact that you can't find something, that you forget what you were looking for. v. To forget what you are looking for while you are looking for it.
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Disfolocate
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: dis-foh-loh-keht
Sentence: While hunting for his keys, Bob disfolocated and grabbed his jacket instead.
Etymology: dis=bad, fo=first syllable of "forget" and "focus" (pronounced as in "focus"), locate
Roomnesia
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: roŏmnēzhə
Sentence: Tom has more nesias than you can shake a stick at. There*s roomnesia, where he is working and realizes he needs something to complete his task only to forget what he was going to find when he leaves the room. There is roamnesia, where he forgets what he was working on as soon as he starts to wander in search of something he now can\'t remember. He also shows signs of homenesia, where he forgets where he is going as soon as he leaves the house and Romenesia where he can*t remember his vacation to Italy. Tom figures the final stage will be tombnesia when he can forget everything and get some long-lasting rest.
Etymology: room (a part or division of a building enclosed by walls, floor, and ceiling) + amnesia (a partial or total loss of memory)
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COMMENTS:
I have worknesia, where I get so distracted thinking up a word for Verbotomy that I forget to get ready for work. - mrskellyscl, 2009-10-01: 06:40:00
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Wanderlost
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: won-der-lost
Sentence: Kev almost always has trouble keeping track of his things. Whatever he has in his hands when he gets home gets dropped somewhere. He then gets to play hide and seek finding them again. Sometimes he spends so much time hunting that he forgets what ha was looking for. He gets completely wanderlost.
Etymology: wander (to ramble without a definite purpose or objective; roam, rove, or stray) + lost (having gone astray or missed the way) play on wanderlust (a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about)
Diversiamnesia
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dy ver jha am neez eeya
Sentence: My son, Whatshisname, cannot remember a thing. He suffers from diversiamnesia. I don't know where he gets it from, but he goes into a room and forgets why he went there. Ideas land on his brain but flitter away like little butterflies if he has any distraction at all. My nagging makes it worse according to him, but you cannot trust him to run a simple errand or remember important things. I think he's hitting old age early and his condition is inherited from his father, Whateverhisnamewas. Where was I...???
Etymology: Diversion (a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); a distraction) & Amnesia (partial or total loss of memory)
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COMMENTS:
"hitting old age early" - chuckle! - splendiction, 2009-10-01: 19:15:00
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Displaceia
Created by: EffingCharms
Pronunciation: dis -place- ee- ahh
Sentence:
Etymology:
Whichhunt
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: which-hunt
Sentence: as he aimlessly entered the kitchen again, he realised he needed to give up this whichhunt.
Etymology: which, hunt, witch hunt
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COMMENTS:
excellost! - galwaywegian, 2007-03-15: 06:03:00
This could be rendered as a verb, nice. - mplsbohemian, 2007-03-15: 19:27:00
this works also because, as in a witchhunt, one is actually unlikely to find something when they forget to look for it or won't notice it when they see it - ekath, 2007-03-22: 22:37:00
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Confogulated
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: con-fog-u-late-ed
Sentence: I'm so confogulated, what was I looking for?
Etymology: Confused+forgot+discombobulated
Flashblank
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: FLASH-blanc
Sentence: As has been happening all too often lately Delbert's mind was wandering while he was looking for his car keys and he had another flashblank, his mind going totally devoid of thought and leaving him completely unable to concentrate.
Etymology: Blend of 'flash' and 'blank'....play on the word flashback
Damnesia
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: dam-nee-zhuh
Sentence: When you forget what you forgot it might be senility but it's probably just a case of damnesia.
Etymology: damn + amnesia
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COMMENTS:
lol... i get this all the time. - Sketchy, 2007-03-15: 16:46:00
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