Verboticism: Psyskip
DEFINITION: n. A lost thought; v. To become distracted and lose track of what you were thinking.
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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
Mislaidea
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: mis-ley-DEE-uh
Sentence: No one could recall the name of Gabriel's play; Randall chalked it up as a meager mislaidea, but Julia was determined to overcome the rememberference.
Etymology: mislaid + idea
Irritrieveability
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ir ret treev ab ilitee
Sentence: It happened again. Brianna had another irritrievability session. Her train of thought had become derailed again. It was like being an amnesiac in a soap opera. She could not remember anything from a second ago, nevermind longer. It all started when she began dating her co-star, Drew A. Blanc. He seemed to have no memory at all. Probably a good thing in Hollywood, but a bad thing for her...had they had their first kiss, gotten married, had a child? Who knew??? All that Brianna did know was that she would have to get back on the Ginko-Biloba again soon, or her career might be over! Whoulda thought????
Etymology: Irretrievable (impossible to recover or recoup or overcome) & Irritate (annoy;disturb, especially by minor irritations) & Ability (possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done).
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
Thurp
Created by: mgood
Pronunciation: th-urp
Sentence: I hope I can recover the thurp I just endured!
Etymology: combined thought with burp!
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COMMENTS:
I've had a thurp before myself. - texmom, 2007-05-23: 00:22:00
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Blankout
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: BLANC-owt
Sentence: Cynthia and Rupert seemed to be on a connected wavelength, both having moments of blankout where their thoughts just dead ended in confused mental disarray.
Etymology: Blend of 'blank' and 'out', play on the word 'blackout'.
Blankified
Created by: daisy
Pronunciation: blank-i-fide
Sentence: I was blankified during the big test - was it George Washington or Dick Cheney who sailed across the Delaware?
Etymology:
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.
Aydeedee
Created by: treyb
Pronunciation: Ey-dee-dee
Sentence: Arg, aydeedee, I forgot what I was going to tell you.
Etymology:
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