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'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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Searchenginitis

Created by: pianowiresmile

Pronunciation: Serch-en-gin-i-tis

Sentence: He sat at his computer so long, googling and wikipedia-hunting fer them thesis papers, he developed a wicked case of searchenginitis. It's that dang confounded college, ya know?

Etymology: Search engine/-itis (illness)

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Messysearch

Created by: Joachimgraf

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I messysearch my socks

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Discomgooglated

dturner

Created by: dturner

Pronunciation: pronounced like "discombobulated" ("gl" is a syllable)

Sentence: Robert was so ferociously discomgooglated, he would frequently type in mid-air in order to locate the eyeglasses perched on his forehead.

Etymology: from dis- L. dis- "apart" & com- L. "with" & google E. Billy De Beck's "Barney Google" (small man with large eyes)

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Finloosious

Created by: blaghaus

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Etymology:

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Life

likephilshead

Created by: likephilshead

Pronunciation:

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Etymology: You know what I mean.

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COMMENTS:

Exactly! - egonschiela, 2007-01-05: 10:08:00

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Antigoogle

Created by: dimercurio

Pronunciation: an-tee-goo-gul

Sentence: After being stuck in an antigoogle for three days, I finally finished antigoogling my keys.

Etymology: anti "against" + Google (search engine)

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Socknology

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: sock nowl edgy

Sentence: brian just could not get his head around socknology, it completely alluded him.

Etymology: from socks and technology

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Dopeye

Carla

Created by: Carla

Pronunciation: doh-pie

Sentence: Brian was always particularly dopeye in the mornings. He would search for spectacles that were already perched atop his head and for car keys that were in his pocket. He relied entirely on GPS to navigate him to the office where he had worked for the past 17 years.

Etymology: dopey + eye

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Gnashdig

Created by: Maureen

Pronunciation: nash - dig

Sentence: David you have spent all morning gnashdigging for your wallet; it is about time you got more organised.

Etymology: gnash - grinding teeth in frustration and dig - to search for.

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Chercheholism

ubgrud

Created by: ubgrud

Pronunciation: shar-sha-hol-ism

Sentence: He stood frozen in the middle of the grocery store, staring the multi-aisle maze. His chercheholism rendered him non-functional.

Etymology: cherche - french for search; holism - from alchoholism

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