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DEFINITION: n. The inability to find, organize, or keep track of, simple physical objects. Often occurs when an individual has developed a search-engine dependency. v. To search for something that should be easy to find.
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Searchenginitis
Created by: pianowiresmile
Pronunciation: Serch-en-gin-i-tis
Sentence: He sat at his computer so long, googling and wikipedia-hunting fer them thesis papers, he developed a wicked case of searchenginitis. It's that dang confounded college, ya know?
Etymology: Search engine/-itis (illness)
Beingaman
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: bee-ing-a-man
Sentence: Of course, this ineptitude could quite easily be credited to beingaman
Etymology: Obvious, surely?
Interlossabilia
Created by: lebeast
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Struggling for years with his interlossabilia, he finally came to grips with his problem, and decided to seek help
Etymology: internet+lose
Discomgooglated
Created by: dturner
Pronunciation: pronounced like "discombobulated" ("gl" is a syllable)
Sentence: Robert was so ferociously discomgooglated, he would frequently type in mid-air in order to locate the eyeglasses perched on his forehead.
Etymology: from dis- L. dis- "apart" & com- L. "with" & google E. Billy De Beck's "Barney Google" (small man with large eyes)
Goonesia
Created by: kumza
Pronunciation: goo nee jee ah
Sentence: Hector needed his epee pen after the wasp sting, but alas, his goonesia prevented him from finding it. He died.
Etymology: google amnesia
Databrained
Created by: Ahoytheship
Pronunciation: data-brained
Sentence: She knew she was databrained when she tried to mentally use "Alt+F" to find a word in her book.
Etymology: data+scatterbrained
Yahooginitis
Created by: xshadowswimmer08x
Pronunciation: Yah-Hoo-Gen-Itis
Sentence: He could even match his socks because of his yahooginitis
Etymology: Yahoo/Engine/itis
Prealtavistupied
Created by: Stump
Pronunciation: pre*altah*vistu*pied
Sentence: When he finally gets away from the computer Paul is so prealtavitupied he does the dumbest things. He once put butter on the wrong side of his toast.
Etymology: From the word preoccupied - meaning to be unaware and the name altavista, a once popular search engine.
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COMMENTS:
Butter on the wrong side of the toast? Man! He must of been totally confused... - wordmeister, 2007-01-05: 10:36:00
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Googaholic
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: goōgəhôlik
Sentence: The meeting began with Mark and others standing up and stating, **My name is Mark (or their own name) and I am a googaholic**. He knew he had to do this because he had become ingoogable of finding anything, even his googfriend*s house without his search engine and she lived just across the street.
Etymology: alcoholic - incapable - girlfriend
Cybernizer
Created by: dstorm78
Pronunciation: cy - ber - nie - zer
Sentence: I'm such a cybernizer; I wish I could search through my house for my keys with my computer.
Etymology: Combination of "cyber" and "organizer", someone who uses cyberspace to organize.
