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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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Unorgooglanized
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: uhn-owr-goo-gul-an-ized
Sentence: I have become very unorgooglanized ever since they cruelly decided not to make google's powers extend beyond the internet.
Etymology: unorganized + google
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 ...
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
Dopeye
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: doh-pie
Sentence: Brian was always particularly dopeye in the mornings. He would search for spectacles that were already perched atop his head and for car keys that were in his pocket. He relied entirely on GPS to navigate him to the office where he had worked for the past 17 years.
Etymology: dopey + eye
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.
Antigoogle
Created by: dimercurio
Pronunciation: an-tee-goo-gul
Sentence: After being stuck in an antigoogle for three days, I finally finished antigoogling my keys.
Etymology: anti "against" + Google (search engine)
Beingaman
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: bee-ing-a-man
Sentence: Of course, this ineptitude could quite easily be credited to beingaman
Etymology: Obvious, surely?
Aneurekability
Created by: jennw2ns
Pronunciation: AN-yuhr-EEK-uh-BIL-ih-tee
Sentence: Because of my aneurekability, I can never find my car keys
Etymology: "An"--lack of (Greek) "Eureka"--I found it (also Greek) "bility"--coming, as it does, from "ability"
Gnashdig
Created by: Maureen
Pronunciation: nash - dig
Sentence: David you have spent all morning gnashdigging for your wallet; it is about time you got more organised.
Etymology: gnash - grinding teeth in frustration and dig - to search for.
