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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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Lostaganism

Created by: nancyblue

Pronunciation: lost-tag-an-ism

Sentence: Hillary erupted in lostaganism upon learning that her red old stand-bye pantsuit was not picked up at the cleaners, because the store had gone out of business due to the great recession.

Etymology: lost: become unable to find ------ antagonism: active hostility or opposition

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COMMENTS:

Lostaginism occurs for many reasons: a lost hair clip,missing glove, misplaced infant child - nancyblue, 2011-01-03: 20:44:00

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Keydependent

Created by: chofu67

Pronunciation: key de pen dent

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Etymology: Over dependence upon use of key words to search for what one needs to find

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Hyporderia

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /"hI-pOr-'dir-E-&/

Sentence: Hypoderia is a serious condition affecting millions of procrastinators and idealists worldwide, but it often overshadows the equally troubling condition of hyperoderia, affecting overworked file clerks and often accompanying OCD.

Etymology: From hypo- + order

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Googlephrenia

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: goo-gull-FREE-nee-uh

Sentence: Jared is a total Googlephreniac. He has 578 online friends, 6 blogs, and can IM 24/7 but it took him 2 days to find his keys.

Etymology: Google + phrenia (mental disorder)

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Good! Two days to find his keys... - wordmeister, 2007-01-05: 11:58:00

Thanks. I am confused. Why is "stormee" credited with my word? - Alchemist, 2007-01-05: 13:01:00

Hi Alchemist, If you submit a word that has already been created by another player, you can choose to join the first player and become a co-creator of the word. That is how stormee joined your team. I guess it's proof that great minds think alike! ~ James - Verbotomy, 2007-01-07: 09:12:00

Ahhh~ light bulb goes on. Thanks! - Alchemist, 2007-01-07: 22:42:00

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Clickaddicted

Created by: sarach

Pronunciation: click-ah-dik-ted

Sentence: I'm so click addicted I tried to Google the newspaper I was reading this morning.

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Objectquest

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: object quest

Sentence: To find anything in your room is an objectquest. The holy grail must be easier to find

Etymology: from objects and quest as in an impossible task.

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Googloss

Created by: whimsy

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Sentence: After he finally lost the ability to track where his own home was without the use of Mapquest, his doctor started to recognize googloss as a serious disorder.

Etymology: Google + loss

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