Verboticism: Mistencall
DEFINITION: n. The moment of loss, hesitation and confusion, which occurs when you enter a room and immediately forget why. v. To forget why you entered a room.
Mistencall
Created by: jajsr
Pronunciation: Miss-ten-cawl
Sentence: Stacey always had a million things on her mind. She as walked into the bathroom, she had a mistencall and completely why she was there in the first place.
Etymology: Mixture on "Mis" - opposite or lack; "tend" from intend - to direct the mind on; and "call" from recall - to bring back to mind.
Points: 752
Comments: Mistencall
silveryaspen - 2009-01-13: 12:29:00
Evokes the feeling of mists (misseds) clouding the mind! Has great originality!