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DEFINITION: To be so distracted by the fact that you can't find something, that you forget what you were looking for.
Verboticisms
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Findset
Created by: graypenguin
Pronunciation: find-set
Sentence: He was stuck in such a findset that he forgot what he was looking for.
Etymology: find + mindset
Baffooled
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: bah + fooled
Sentence: I got so baffooled looking for my sunglasses that I ended up looking for my wallet instead.
Etymology: baffle + fooled
Distractastration
Created by: torvaldhightower
Pronunciation: distract-a-stray-shun
Sentence: I'm experiencing so much distractastration, standing here, bending over, and staring blankly. I'm going to put my hand on my forehead in distractastration.
Etymology: distraction + frustration
Dualcoredelete
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: du/al/core/de/lete
Sentence: His brainblurt descended to the ultimate dualcoredelete where he couldn't remember what he was trying to remember, what he couldn't remember.
Etymology: Intel Dual Core processor + delete
Represstigation
Created by: cmcesq
Pronunciation: Re-press-ti-gashun
Sentence: I was looking for something, but I represstigated what it is!
Etymology: Repress + investigation
Neglecate
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: neh-gle-keyt
Sentence: Fred continued to neglecate until Wilma hit him on the head with a frying pan.
Etymology: neglect + locate
Memgap
Created by: leomar
Pronunciation: mem-gap
Sentence: memory gap, thats all, lolz!! hahaha!!
Etymology: mem-gap
Roomroaming
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: room-roh-ming
Sentence: even though his sunglasses were on his head, he had spent a good five minutes searching for them and then he had spent a further ten minutes roomroaming
Etymology: room, roam
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COMMENTS:
Exactky what happens to me in the situation. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-11: 01:05:00
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Deliriuhm
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: deh/leer/ee/um
Sentence: His mind was in such a state of deliriuhm that he completely forgot what the frantic search had been for
Etymology: delirium(wild obsessive excitement) + uhm?
Recollecticide
Created by: trace45
Pronunciation: rec·ol·lecti·cide
Sentence: When Mary was looking for her purse she experienced recollecticide because her thought in the mind was put to death when she stopped to ask her friend did she know what she was looking for.
Etymology: recollect + cide
Comments:
FreeToys - 2007-09-10: 14:01:00
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