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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
Memgap
Created by: leomar
Pronunciation: mem-gap
Sentence: memory gap, thats all, lolz!! hahaha!!
Etymology: mem-gap
Flakesearch
Created by: sparkles510
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Matt's continued to flakesearch even though the keys are in his hands.
Etymology:
Zombemused
Created by: FreeToys
Pronunciation: zom - bee - myoozed'
Sentence: Even though he realized he no longer remembered what he was looking for, he continued to stumble around in his zombemused state
Etymology: zombie/bemused
Biaphasia
Created by: gazissax
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He was so stricken with biaphasia that he couldn't find the words for what he had lost.
Etymology: From "aphasia" which is loss of ability to remember language; and "bi" meaning double.
Losatwa
Created by: leeannhamers
Pronunciation: la-us-aa-twa
Sentence: i was all like losatwa~!
Etymology: lost/ monwatwa
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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Brainlocked
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: You can´t find your keys. Are you totally brainlocked?
Etymology:
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
Comments:
FreeToys - 2007-09-10: 14:01:00
zombieseek