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DEFINITION: The inability to find, organize, or keep track of, simple physical objects. Often occurs when an individual has developed a search-engine dependency.

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Gogtechelpendo

Created by: dancerxoxox

Pronunciation: gog/tech/hel/pendo

Sentence: The girl could not find her homework and in anger screamed. The teachers knew she had Gogtechelpendo.

Etymology: Google/technology/help/Dependant.

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Trackache

Created by: geoamnesia

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I hit another 404 today, looking for my socks, and wished Google could just tag and file my laundry.

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

Could you use your word in the (or a) sentence? Thx! - scrawlspacer, 2007-07-21: 19:25:00

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Internutty

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: In + ter + nut + ee

Sentence: I'd probably be able to find my keys if I could go online and search for them... I guess I'm a bit internutty.

Etymology: internet + nutty

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Dataddiction

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: dat/a/dic/tion

Sentence: It is not difficult to odour out those suffering from dataddiction. They are usually wearing smelly socks and dirty underwear.

Etymology: data + addiction

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Ilinventorate

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: ill-in-vent-o-rat

Sentence: Billy's ilinventoracy hindered his career plans to become a search engine programmer.

Etymology: il (as in illiterate) + inventory

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Dogpiled

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: dawg-pi-uhled

Sentence: He had Googled, Yahooed, MSN'd, and Asked Jeeves, but he was dogpiled and still couldn't figure out which slot in the drawer the spoons went.

Etymology: Dogpile "All the best search engines piled into one."; dog pile - what my mother used to call my bed

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COMMENTS:

One can only imagine why your bed was called a "dog pile" ;) - ziggy41, 2007-07-19: 04:49:00

hehe! - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-19: 06:51:00

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Incapaskjeevated

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: ihn-kap-ASK-jee-vay-tuhd

Sentence: When Alex reached for a mouse when searching for his can opener, he realised he was thoroughly incapaskjeevated.

Etymology: incapacitated + Ask Jeeves (ask.com search engine)

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-19: 14:41:00

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Distrovent

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: dis-TRO-vent

Sentence: Every morning was the same for his family. His tie was not in the wardrobe where put it, one of his socks was missing and the lunch he had definitely put in his briefcase a moment ago was no longer there. He was distrovent-but wouldn't admit it!

Etymology: Dis (OFr)-"lack of", trov (Anglo-Fr)-"found" & -ent a suffix forming adjective from nouns or verbs.

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