Verboticisms

Created by: cmcesq

Pronunciation: Re-press-ti-gashun

Sentence: I was looking for something, but I represstigated what it is!

Etymology: Repress + investigation

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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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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

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Created by: ScrabbledEgg

Pronunciation: es-kuh-laps

Sentence: He couldn't remember where he set his cellphone, and it just escalapsed from there. Now he's just standing there, gazing into the refrigerator, hoping it has what he needs.

Etymology: escalate (to increase in magnitude, intensity, amount...) + lapse, as in "a lapse of memory"

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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

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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.

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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?

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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

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Created by: sparkles510

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Matt's continued to flakesearch even though the keys are in his hands.

Etymology:

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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

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