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DEFINITION: n. A condition where you get so distracted by the fact that you can't find something, that you forget what you were looking for. v. To forget what you are looking for while you are looking for it.
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Flashblank
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: FLASH-blanc
Sentence: As has been happening all too often lately Delbert's mind was wandering while he was looking for his car keys and he had another flashblank, his mind going totally devoid of thought and leaving him completely unable to concentrate.
Etymology: Blend of 'flash' and 'blank'....play on the word flashback
Spacequesting
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: space-quest-ing
Sentence: John had been looking for his keys for so long that he was now spacequesting as he looked right at them without realizing he had found them.
Etymology: space (to be spaced-out as in distracted) + questing (to be searching for something)
Absentfindedness
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: AB sent find ed NESS
Sentence: Able tore around the apartment, digging through gobs of stuff to find many things he forgot he had. Unfortunately, his absentfindedness prevented him from actually remembering what he was looking for. Perhaps Able found it after all that finding!
Etymology: I forgot... (Uh, a twist together of absentmindedness and find).
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COMMENTS:
Good word...amazing how many people are afflicted with this disease...not me, at least I don't remember having it! - Nosila, 2009-10-01: 20:19:00
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Stumblesearch
Created by: Maureen
Pronunciation: stum-ble-ser-ch
Sentence: John's gone for another one of his stumblesearches and he'll soon be asking us what it was he was looking for.
Etymology: stumble- from stumbling block when one draws a blank. search - to look for something.
Disfolocate
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: dis-foh-loh-keht
Sentence: While hunting for his keys, Bob disfolocated and grabbed his jacket instead.
Etymology: dis=bad, fo=first syllable of "forget" and "focus" (pronounced as in "focus"), locate
Outoflocus
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: out-o-FLOW-cus
Sentence: Conor was so outoflocus that he spent all day retracing his steps trying to remind himself of what he was looking for.
Etymology: out of focus (not focussed) + locus (location)
Tweekpeek
Created by: Sed8ed
Pronunciation: tw'eek p'eek
Sentence: So irritated at his inability to locate his wallet, John found himself throwing things about the room while tweekpeeking under everything.
Etymology:
Forgetmeenotagain
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: for/get/mee/not/a/gen
Sentence: After my fifth trip to the kitchen and experiencing a forgemeenotagain I decided to start writing all my tasks down as soon as I thought of them - then I forgot.
Etymology: forget me not + again
Itemnesia
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: eye-tem-NEES-yah
Sentence: After 20 minutes of frantically searching through her Prius, Sharon paused, stricken with itemnesia. Now WHAT was she looking for?
Etymology: item + amnesia
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by mana1066.
Thank you mana1066! ~ James
I do believe in the UK the DJ on Radio 2 called Terry Wogan calls this a senior moment but thats two words.
Funny thing is that it's been happening to me since I was a kid... Do think it's going to get worse as I get older?
Today's definition was suggested by mana1066. Thank you mana1066. ~ James