Verboticism: Floptimizing

'Why can't I google my socks?'

DEFINITION: n. The inability to find, organize, or keep track of, simple physical objects. Often occurs when an individual has developed a search-engine dependency. v. To search for something that should be easy to find.

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Floptimizing

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: flop/ti/miz/ing

Sentence: FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) struck home as Fred realized that all the time spent looking for his missing black sock could be blamed on his floptimizing genes.

Etymology: flop (failure) + optimizing (what every SEO guarantees)

Points: 428

Comments: Floptimizing

wordmeister - 2007-01-06: 01:11:00
I'm wondering if I'm floptimistic? I think I can find stuff, but I can't...