Verboticism: Braindrop
DEFINITION: n. A lost thought; v. To become distracted and lose track of what you were thinking.
Voted For: Braindrop
Successfully added your vote for "Braindrop".
You still have one vote left...
Trainmash
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: Trayn-mash
Sentence: Now, what did I come into this room for? Argh! I'm having a total trainmash!
Etymology: train - train of thought mash - crush, squash, smash wordplay on train crash
Fleethink
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: flee th ink
Sentence: He thought the thought was fleethink but he wasn't sure.
Etymology: fleeting think
Flabulous
Created by: boomslang
Pronunciation: flab-u-luss
Sentence: you look flabulous today dear!
Etymology:
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
excellent! - boomslang, 2009-12-05: 19:11:00
----------------------------
Ruminesia
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: roo/muh/nee/zhuh
Sentence: He was contemplating the most brilliant idea for a new e-company when ruminesia set in and all he could remember was that he really wanted a chocolate ice-cream cone.
Etymology: ruminate (think about, ponder) + amnesia
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
That's what happens when the rumen takes over from the brain. Probably wanted some rumenraisin sauce on his icecream - petaj, 2007-05-21: 03:52:00
not enough room in his IA (intelligent area) - galwaywegian, 2007-05-21: 06:18:00
----------------------------
Damnesia
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dam nee sha
Sentence: You know the feeling...you go into a room, but forget why you went. You see someone familiar but cannot recall their name. You put your keys down, but cannot find them as you race around getting ready to go to work. Yes, it's that damnesia. You used to have a photographic memory...but now you keep forgetting to buy film for it. Your memory is now like a pen that runs out of ink. You have crossed into a new dementia, The Whywrite Zone.
Etymology: Damn (expletives used informally as intensifiers) & Amnesia (total or partial loss of memory)
Brainfart
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: brAin-fart
Sentence: Jill had a brainfart only 20 minutes into her speech. People noticed her distant stare and puzzled looks as she tried to recall the topic and reason for being at the podium.
Etymology: brain/fart, escape of bodily gas.
Divershunt
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: div err shunnt
Sentence: he always had something cute and witty to say to her, but when he walked into her office, her scent and her smile caused a major divershunt, leaving him simpering while withdrawing to the safety of the men's room.
Etymology: diversion, shunt
Attentionesia
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: ah ten shun e see ya
Sentence: During her speech a spell of attentionesia swept the next thought from her mind
Etymology: attention + amnesia
Thnought
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: thnort
Sentence: yet another thnought had slipped through the cracks in his brain
Etymology: thought, nought
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
This is lovely to say out loud. - petaj, 2007-05-22: 03:06:00
----------------------------
Pensamnesia
Created by: Carria
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: From latin pēnsāre "think " and amnesia