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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.

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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

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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.

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Searchfusion

Created by: apathy42

Pronunciation:

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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

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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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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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Escalapse

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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