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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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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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Misplussed
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: miss-plust
Sentence: Her misplussment was obvious as she crawled on the floor instead of looking up to the ceiling for her helium filled balloon.
Etymology: misplaced + nonplussed
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COMMENTS:
Good etymology! - skeeterzirra, 2007-09-10: 22:01:00
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Damnesia
Created by: recessivejean
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I had been searching for my lost keys when damnesia kicked in, and I wandered off to the kitchen for a bowl of cereal.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Great word! You should always put in a pronunciation and etymology as well, so you can get all your rightful points. - Osomatic, 2007-09-10: 00:47:00
good one - FreeToys, 2007-09-10: 14:06:00
Goddamnesia, I think you've got it! Fantastic word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-10: 17:27:00
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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?
Thingamabliv
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: thing-a-MA-bliv
Sentence: Good natured Bob, who couldn't find the TV's remote control, quickly became blank-minded Bob in a thing o' nothing thingamabliv
Etymology: Blend of Thingamajig: anything otherwise unnamed whether through choice or one's inability to recall the correct name & "bliv" from oblivion: forgetfulnss.
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
Represstigation
Created by: cmcesq
Pronunciation: Re-press-ti-gashun
Sentence: I was looking for something, but I represstigated what it is!
Etymology: Repress + investigation
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
Comments:
FreeToys - 2007-09-10: 14:01:00
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