Verboticism: Thoughtbotomy
DEFINITION: n. A lost thought; v. To become distracted and lose track of what you were thinking.
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Amnesiache
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: am nee zhe ayk
Sentence: When stressed, Maggie became distracted and found herself with an amnesiache. When that old train of thought gets derailed, it's a pain in the caboose.
Etymology: Amnesia (partial or total loss of memory) & Ache (have a desire for something or someone who is not present)
Synapped
Created by: newworldview
Pronunciation: sin-apt
Sentence: Their loud talking on the train synapped my idea for a new invention.
Etymology: synapse + kidnapped
Ponderror
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: pond + err + or
Sentence: I had this great idea for a new flavor of frozen yogurt but then my brain had a ponderror and I don't know what it was any more.
Etymology: ponder + error
Craniaflatuence
Created by: angelheart
Pronunciation: Crania-FLAT-u-ence
Sentence: "I'm really suffering from a bad case of craniaflatuence"
Etymology: Crania-pertaining to the head or brain Flatuence-having excess gas in the system
Thnought
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: thnort
Sentence: yet another thnought had slipped through the cracks in his brain
Etymology: thought, nought
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COMMENTS:
This is lovely to say out loud. - petaj, 2007-05-22: 03:06:00
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Psyskip
Created by: katytee
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "Sorry, had a bit of a baffling little psyskip there...what was I saying again?"
Etymology: psych (i.e stuff to do with the mind) + skip (like what a CD might do)
Ifonlyness
Created by: geoamnesia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The thought came, saw and fled in a nanosecond, leaving me with that familiar feeling of ifonlyness.
Etymology: If + only - a mental and emotional condition common to people with short memories, or no memory at all.
Lought
Created by: JayBaldo
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: A terrible combo of lost and thought.
Gonecept
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: GAWN-sept
Sentence: Dexter was usually full of ideas, but his latest one rapidly turned into a gonecept when his manager suddenly asked Dexter to describe it.
Etymology: Gone (vanished) + concept (idea)
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COMMENTS:
love it! - galwaywegian, 2012-09-14: 08:02:00
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Goncept
Created by: whipspeak
Pronunciation: gon-sept
Sentence: Now I can't remember why I liked this word - it's goncept.
Etymology: concept: Something formed in the mind; a thought or notion + gone: departed; left.
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COMMENTS:
immaculate gonception? - Nosila, 2009-12-04: 18:17:00
:-) inarticulate gonception - whipspeak, 2009-12-04: 19:07:00
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