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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.
Verboticisms
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Displaceia
Created by: EffingCharms
Pronunciation: dis -place- ee- ahh
Sentence:
Etymology:
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.
Damnesia
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: dam-nee-zhuh
Sentence: When you forget what you forgot it might be senility but it's probably just a case of damnesia.
Etymology: damn + amnesia
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COMMENTS:
lol... i get this all the time. - Sketchy, 2007-03-15: 16:46:00
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Wherehead
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: HWEHR-hehd
Sentence: I whereheaded about until I saw the keys, at which point I remember that I was looking for them in the first place.
Etymology: where + [air]head
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)
Confogulated
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: con-fog-u-late-ed
Sentence: I'm so confogulated, what was I looking for?
Etymology: Confused+forgot+discombobulated
Lostenconfound
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: lost/en/con/fownd
Sentence: Lostenconfound is the predicament in which Harry found himself more and more frequently.
Etymology: lost and found + confound
Whichhunt
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: which-hunt
Sentence: as he aimlessly entered the kitchen again, he realised he needed to give up this whichhunt.
Etymology: which, hunt, witch hunt
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COMMENTS:
excellost! - galwaywegian, 2007-03-15: 06:03:00
This could be rendered as a verb, nice. - mplsbohemian, 2007-03-15: 19:27:00
this works also because, as in a witchhunt, one is actually unlikely to find something when they forget to look for it or won't notice it when they see it - ekath, 2007-03-22: 22:37:00
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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
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