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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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Somebuggerswipeditdotcom
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: sum-bug-r-swiped-it.com
Sentence: It's gone. Lost. Missing. Stolen. Just plain not here. My only option is to use Somebuggerswipeditdotcom - they'll find it for me!
Etymology: Well, I wrote it down on a bit of paper, but I can't find it anywhere ...
Nullonizy
Created by: seifip
Pronunciation: null oh nizy
Sentence: Doctor, I can't find my socks! I must have a nullonizy!!!
Etymology: null + izy
Messysearch
Created by: Joachimgraf
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I messysearch my socks
Etymology:
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)
Googlelife
Created by: ChrisCarrk
Pronunciation: goo-gal-lie-feh
Sentence: I wish i had googlelife
Etymology: Google+life (i.e. Google maps)
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.
Etymology:
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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Needwebation
Created by: Carole
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The computer had become a closer companion to Ned than his wife was, his needwebation was acute.
Etymology:
Trouserbrowser
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: trawzer brawzer
Sentence: When it came time to sort the laundry, Geek McNerdnick was hopeless. His Mom actually did it for him, but only asked that he emerge from his man-cave once a week to leave out what needed washed, which was usually both his Star-Trek t-shirts, some dainties, socks and his fearless corduroy pants. He usually had problems in doing his trouserbrowser app...he chased all over his messy lair to find them, only to find that he forgot that he had them on!
Etymology: Trouser (pants) & Browser (a program used to view HTML documents;a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular)
