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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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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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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.

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Interlossabilia

lebeast

Created by: lebeast

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Struggling for years with his interlossabilia, he finally came to grips with his problem, and decided to seek help

Etymology: internet+lose

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Aneurekability

jennw2ns

Created by: jennw2ns

Pronunciation: AN-yuhr-EEK-uh-BIL-ih-tee

Sentence: Because of my aneurekability, I can never find my car keys

Etymology: "An"--lack of (Greek) "Eureka"--I found it (also Greek) "bility"--coming, as it does, from "ability"

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Yahooginitis

Created by: xshadowswimmer08x

Pronunciation: Yah-Hoo-Gen-Itis

Sentence: He could even match his socks because of his yahooginitis

Etymology: Yahoo/Engine/itis

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Hyporderia

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /"hI-pOr-'dir-E-&/

Sentence: Hypoderia is a serious condition affecting millions of procrastinators and idealists worldwide, but it often overshadows the equally troubling condition of hyperoderia, affecting overworked file clerks and often accompanying OCD.

Etymology: From hypo- + order

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Deegle

Created by: hairydoginparis

Pronunciation: dee-gull

Sentence: I wish I could deegle my car keys when I lose them.

Etymology: desire+google

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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'

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Unfindicity

vixphilia

Created by: vixphilia

Pronunciation: Emphasis on the "fin"

Sentence: Dan's unfindicity makes me positively crazy!

Etymology:

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Googlamnesia

Created by: ahwinters

Pronunciation: gewg-lamb-knee-ja

Sentence: Chuck's googlamnesia prevented him from finding his favorite pink socks.

Etymology: google + amnesia

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COMMENTS:

Even after a cup of coffee, Chuck's googlamnesia prevented him from finding where he put his purple socks. - ahwinters, 2007-01-05: 10:56:00

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