Vote for the best verboticism.

DEFINITION: n. A lost thought; v. To become distracted and lose track of what you were thinking.

Create | Read

Verboticisms

Click on each verboticism to read the sentences created by the Verbotomy writers, and to see your voting options...

You have two votes. Click on the words to read the details, then vote your favorite.

Trainmash

Created by: Rhyme79

Pronunciation: Trayn-mash

Sentence: Now, what did I come into this room for? Argh! I'm having a total trainmash!

Etymology: train - train of thought mash - crush, squash, smash wordplay on train crash

| Comments and Points

Attentionesia

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

| Comments and Points

Dejalost

Created by: fredm

Pronunciation: deja-lost

Sentence: As soon as she heard it, she had the feeling of dejalost - it was a thought she would never remember.

Etymology: dejalost - from deja (Fr.: already) + forgotten antonymn: "deja vu"

| Comments and Points

Aydeedee

Created by: treyb

Pronunciation: Ey-dee-dee

Sentence: Arg, aydeedee, I forgot what I was going to tell you.

Etymology:

| Comments and Points

Mensabsentia

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: men-sab-sen-she-a

Sentence: On your 50th birthday you become eligible to join Mensabsentia. Members of this society can be identified by the blank look on their faces upon walking into a room, followed by an abrupt turnabout as the person goes back to where he or she started to see if they can remember why they went there in the first place. Members can often be heard saying "I used to be smart -- I even went to college and got my Master's!" Other characteristic phrases may be: "Turn that thing down -- are you deaf?" "Where the hell is my..." "Why, when I was your age..." and "What does it mean when the screen is black?"

Etymology: mensa: an exclusive society where the membership must have IQ test results better than 98% of the population + in absencia: in absence

| Comments and Points

Irritrieveability

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ir ret treev ab ilitee

Sentence: It happened again. Brianna had another irritrievability session. Her train of thought had become derailed again. It was like being an amnesiac in a soap opera. She could not remember anything from a second ago, nevermind longer. It all started when she began dating her co-star, Drew A. Blanc. He seemed to have no memory at all. Probably a good thing in Hollywood, but a bad thing for her...had they had their first kiss, gotten married, had a child? Who knew??? All that Brianna did know was that she would have to get back on the Ginko-Biloba again soon, or her career might be over! Whoulda thought????

Etymology: Irretrievable (impossible to recover or recoup or overcome) & Irritate (annoy;disturb, especially by minor irritations) & Ability (possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done).

| Comments and Points

Pensamnesia

Created by: Carria

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology: From latin pēnsāre "think " and amnesia

| Comments and Points

Ponderror

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: pond + err + or

Sentence: I had this great idea for a new flavor of frozen yogurt but then my brain had a ponderror and I don't know what it was any more.

Etymology: ponder + error

| Comments and Points

Demnemon

Created by: Scattercat

Pronunciation: de-NEH-mon. Similar to denouement, with which it shares some aspects of connotation as well.

Sentence: He opened his mouth to begin the presentation, and his mind went blank; if he hadn't had his notecards ready, it would have been a total demnemonstration.

Etymology: The word has roots in 'demon', such as might be responsible for the phenomenon, and 'mnemonic', which in this experience is conspicuous in its absence. The prefix 'de-' and the root 'mnem' also combined to play a certain role here.

| Comments and Points