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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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Beingaman
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: bee-ing-a-man
Sentence: Of course, this ineptitude could quite easily be credited to beingaman
Etymology: Obvious, surely?
Googaholic
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: goōgəhôlik
Sentence: The meeting began with Mark and others standing up and stating, **My name is Mark (or their own name) and I am a googaholic**. He knew he had to do this because he had become ingoogable of finding anything, even his googfriend*s house without his search engine and she lived just across the street.
Etymology: alcoholic - incapable - girlfriend
Yahopless
Created by: kryptik
Pronunciation: ya-hoh-ples
Sentence: My brother can find the history of Prague online, but he can't keep track of his own keys. He's seriously yahopeless.
Etymology: From the word 'Yahoo' and 'Hopeless'
Cybernizer
Created by: dstorm78
Pronunciation: cy - ber - nie - zer
Sentence: I'm such a cybernizer; I wish I could search through my house for my keys with my computer.
Etymology: Combination of "cyber" and "organizer", someone who uses cyberspace to organize.
Parapherfailure
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: pa-ra-fer-fayl-yer
Sentence: Once out of cyberspace, his parapherfailure meant he couldn't locate the keys.
Etymology: From "paraphernalia" and "failure".
Clickaddicted
Created by: sarach
Pronunciation: click-ah-dik-ted
Sentence: I'm so click addicted I tried to Google the newspaper I was reading this morning.
Etymology:
Discomgoogulated
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dis-kuhm-goog-yuh-leytd
Sentence: Jason is so used to keeping track of his life by way of his electronic devices. Without his TomTom he might not be able to get to work or back home. Last week when he misplaced his smart phone he was completely discomgoogulated.
Etymology: discombobulated (confused or disconcerted; upset; frustrated) + google (brand name of a leading Internet search engine)
Disdotorganization
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: dis-dot-or-gan-uh-zay-shun
Sentence: Alan's keys, due to his disdotorganization, often ended up in various places, such as the microwave.
Etymology: disorganization + dot-org (as in a website)
Googlewithdrawal
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: goo-gle-with-draw-al
Sentence: Bill suffered googlewithdrawal and was unable to organize or find anything without the familiar search engine.
Etymology: google + withdrawal
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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COMMENTS:
Good word chris! - wordmeister, 2007-01-06: 11:41:00
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