Verboticisms

Created by: texmom

Pronunciation: ah ten shun e see ya

Sentence: During her speech a spell of attentionesia swept the next thought from her mind

Etymology: attention + amnesia

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: BLANC-owt

Sentence: Cynthia and Rupert seemed to be on a connected wavelength, both having moments of blankout where their thoughts just dead ended in confused mental disarray.

Etymology: Blend of 'blank' and 'out', play on the word 'blackout'.

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: thnort

Sentence: yet another thnought had slipped through the cracks in his brain

Etymology: thought, nought

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COMMENTS:

This is lovely to say out loud. - petaj, 2007-05-22: 03:06:00

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Created by: newworldview

Pronunciation: sin-apt

Sentence: Their loud talking on the train synapped my idea for a new invention.

Etymology: synapse + kidnapped

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: brain-drop

Sentence: Um, I forget what I was going to write.

Etymology: Braindrops keep falling from my head. And just like the guy whose thoughts are too big for his head, nothing seems to stick....

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COMMENTS:

funny petaj - I like the song too - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-21: 09:35:00

Listen to the rhythm of the falling brain, telling me just what a fool I've been. - Clayton, 2007-05-21: 15:32:00

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: re-memb-er

Sentence: Sophie racked her brains to try and recall the witty comeback she was about to make to her nemesis at work. Unfortunately, her thoughts had switched inconveniently to what she needed to get at the shops on the way home and could only rememberr something totally inadequate.

Etymology: remember (the act of memory) + err (to make a mistake) + er (an expression which indicates uncertainty)

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Created by: cohenarie

Pronunciation: dis kon THIN kyu

Sentence: Partway through my presentation, I completely disconthinkued, causing me to stop mid-sentence. (One might also experience a "disconthinkcuance")

Etymology: discontinue + think.

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪnˈfjuːdʒətiv/

Sentence: I wanted to use my latest personal brainfugitive as an example in this sentence, but it escaped, and I haven't been able to track it down yet.

Etymology: A fugitive thought that's escaped from the brain.

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COMMENTS:

good one! - toadstool57, 2007-05-21: 07:34:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ēvapidərāshən

Sentence: Joan has given up any thoughts of thinking. She has resigned the real world, where you have to remember stuff, to join the e-world, where your IQ can be measured in gigabytes. Her **smart phone** is brighter than she is. If she has a thought, she better get it down in her notes app or it will succumb to evapidoration. A friend asks if she wants to meet at a particular restaurant. Before you can blink, she is reading the menu and texting a reservation. Just don*t ask her to share her thoughts. She doesn*t have time for those anymore.

Etymology: evaporation (cease to exist) + vapid (offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging - made of vapors)

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Created by: grasshopper

Pronunciation: idea-otomy

Sentence: Dr.'s have recently put a name to the symptoms of a constant lose of though now known as ideaotomy

Etymology: idea-to have a thought otomy- the removal of something idea/otomy

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COMMENTS:

That's a pretty cool word.I suffer from it a lot!! - angelheart, 2007-05-22: 16:14:00

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