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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)
Messysearch
Created by: Joachimgraf
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I messysearch my socks
Etymology:
Discomgooglated
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)
Life
Created by: likephilshead
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
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)
Socknology
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
Dopeye
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
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.
Chercheholism
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
