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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.
Verboticisms
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Wwwost
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: wwwôst
Sentence: You can find anything on the internet. That’s what Ralph believes. Somebody has been onlyin’ to him. When it comes to organizing his life with the internyet it’s a wwwost cause.
Etymology: www (world wide web) + lost (unable to find one’s way)
Googlamnesia
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: gewg-lamb-knee-ja
Sentence: Chuck's googlamnesia prevented him from finding his favorite pink socks.
Etymology: google + amnesia
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COMMENTS:
Even after a cup of coffee, Chuck's googlamnesia prevented him from finding where he put his purple socks. - ahwinters, 2007-01-05: 10:56:00
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Unfindicity
Created by: vixphilia
Pronunciation: Emphasis on the "fin"
Sentence: Dan's unfindicity makes me positively crazy!
Etymology:
Imfeelingdependant
Created by: bondfool
Pronunciation: Ayem-fee-ling-dee-pen-dant.
Sentence: He's totally "feeling dependant" while looking for a Baby Blues book amongst his shelves.
Etymology: The "I'm Feeling Lucky" google search.
Googloss
Created by: whimsy
Pronunciation:
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
Notinsite
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: not in syte
Sentence: His name was a trick of cruel fate...Seymour Sox. He always found one sock notinsite and in frustration he opened a website called: notinsite.com and used it as a platform to talk with other search-challenged individuals. After a while he made a ton of money on his notinsite site and could afford to buy new socks everyday and never have to worry about them getting divorced in his dryer ever again. Seymour Sox could now see more socks than he ever had in his life before!
Etymology: Not In Sight (invisible, unseen,inability to see) & Site (a computer connected to the Internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web)
Discomboobulated
Created by: Sed8ed
Pronunciation: dis-com-boob-you-lated
Sentence: I get discomboobulated when I can't find my keys.
Etymology:
Googlitis
Created by: Fenners
Pronunciation: google - i - tis
Sentence: I had googlitis today. Couldn't find my socks so I searched online for them.
Etymology: google + itis (illness/disease!)
Absentfindedness
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: ab-sent-fine-did-ness
Sentence: Tristram's absentfindedness was steadily getting worse...he couldn't even find the note he'd written that told him where he'd left his glasses.
Etymology: absent + find (and echo of absent-minded)
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COMMENTS:
Good word chris! - wordmeister, 2007-01-06: 11:41:00
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Datadiction
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dat/a/dic/tion
Sentence: Those suffering from datadiction are wearing smelly socks and dirty underwear.
Etymology: data + addiction
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COMMENTS:
I wondered where the smell was coming from - I blamed the cats - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-05: 10:32:00
Obviously, datadiction can cause serious social problems... - wordmeister, 2007-01-05: 10:38:00
Hey Wordmeister - what's your word for today or has the cat got your mouse - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-05: 10:41:00
I swear it was the cats, if not than it's definitely my datadiction. - Stevenson0, 2007-01-05: 13:37:00
I lost my mouse. It's on my desk somewhere, but I can't seem find it... Maybe the cat did eat it. - wordmeister, 2007-01-06: 11:40:00
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