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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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Googlitis

Created by: hamburgerman

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Cluttersurfing

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: clutter-surf-ing

Sentence: Jim had to go cluttersurfing everytime he needed his shoes, his watch, his socks, his comb, his phone, his tie, his keys, his glasses, his lunch.....

Etymology: clutter: objects scattered about in a disorganized manner + surfing: (as in web surfing or channel surfing) to quickly click from one web page hyperlink or television channel to another until you find what you're looking for

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Absentfindedness

Created by: chris

Pronunciation: ab-sent-fine-did-ness

Sentence: Tristram's absentfindedness was steadily getting worse...he couldn't even find the note he'd written that told him where he'd left his glasses.

Etymology: absent + find (and echo of absent-minded)

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Good word chris! - wordmeister, 2007-01-06: 11:41:00

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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)

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