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

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Ruminesia

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: roo/muh/nee/zhuh

Sentence: He was contemplating the most brilliant idea for a new e-company when ruminesia set in and all he could remember was that he really wanted a chocolate ice-cream cone.

Etymology: ruminate (think about, ponder) + amnesia

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COMMENTS:

good one - Nosila, 2009-12-04: 18:16:00

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Misstraction

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: miss/trak/shun

Sentence: He suffers from serious misstraction

Etymology: distraction + miss

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Psyskip

Created by: katytee

Pronunciation:

Sentence: "Sorry, had a bit of a baffling little psyskip there...what was I saying again?"

Etymology: psych (i.e stuff to do with the mind) + skip (like what a CD might do)

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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

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Mislaidea

Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: mis-ley-DEE-uh

Sentence: No one could recall the name of Gabriel's play; Randall chalked it up as a meager mislaidea, but Julia was determined to overcome the rememberference.

Etymology: mislaid + idea

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Blankout

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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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

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Braindrain

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: breyn-dreyn

Sentence: Jill had a lot of great ideas going into the meeting but her braindrain was pulled when she saw Brian sitting in the conference room. She had such a crush on him that she just felt numbstruck.

Etymology: brain (mind; intellect) + drain (to exhaust the resources of)

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