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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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Notinsite

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: not in syte

Sentence: His name was a trick of cruel fate...Seymour Sox. He always found one sock notinsite and in frustration he opened a website called: notinsite.com and used it as a platform to talk with other search-challenged individuals. After a while he made a ton of money on his notinsite site and could afford to buy new socks everyday and never have to worry about them getting divorced in his dryer ever again. Seymour Sox could now see more socks than he ever had in his life before!

Etymology: Not In Sight (invisible, unseen,inability to see) & Site (a computer connected to the Internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web)

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Needwebation

Created by: Carole

Pronunciation:

Sentence: The computer had become a closer companion to Ned than his wife was, his needwebation was acute.

Etymology:

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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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Googlephrenia

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: goo-gull-FREE-nee-uh

Sentence: Jared is a total Googlephreniac. He has 578 online friends, 6 blogs, and can IM 24/7 but it took him 2 days to find his keys.

Etymology: Google + phrenia (mental disorder)

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COMMENTS:

Good! Two days to find his keys... - wordmeister, 2007-01-05: 11:58:00

Thanks. I am confused. Why is "stormee" credited with my word? - Alchemist, 2007-01-05: 13:01:00

Hi Alchemist, If you submit a word that has already been created by another player, you can choose to join the first player and become a co-creator of the word. That is how stormee joined your team. I guess it's proof that great minds think alike! ~ James - Verbotomy, 2007-01-07: 09:12:00

Ahhh~ light bulb goes on. Thanks! - Alchemist, 2007-01-07: 22:42:00

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Googlitis

Created by: Fenners

Pronunciation: google - i - tis

Sentence: I had googlitis today. Couldn't find my socks so I searched online for them.

Etymology: google + itis (illness/disease!)

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Unfindicity

Created by: vixphilia

Pronunciation: Emphasis on the "fin"

Sentence: Dan's unfindicity makes me positively crazy!

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Librarianemesis

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: lie-brair-ea-NEM-a-sis

Sentence: Since the advent of the world wide web, Alice, the librarian, had given up cataloging the contents of her house. She was afflicted with a malaise known as librarianemesis.

Etymology: librarian (traditional stereotype includes being inordinately organised) + nemesis ("the bane of my life")

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