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DEFINITION: The inability to find, organize, or keep track of, simple physical objects. Often occurs when an individual has developed a search-engine dependency.
Verboticisms
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Morginobbset
Created by: halimay
Pronunciation: mor-g-in-obb-set
Sentence: Oops! I Morginobbset my sock again!!
Etymology: Come Again?
Overpaskjeeves
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Oh-ver-pask-jeevs
Sentence: I'm sure whoever made up "Where, oh where, did my little dog go" is suffering from a sever case of Overpaskjeeves.
Etymology: Overpass/overlook (to pass over something unnoticed) + Ask Jeeves (a popular search engine)
Cyberspacey
Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: sigh-burr-space-E
Sentence: Since being diagniosed as cyberspacy, John has begun riding his bike to work because keys are "too much responsibility." He's also given up on the sock thing and only wears sandals. Even then, he's been seen barefoot, one shoe in-hand and searching for the other.
Etymology: "cyber" for the tech dependency + "spacey" for the absentmindedness, also the play on "cyberspace"
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COMMENTS:
Is that Kevin Spacey's brother? - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-19: 12:41:00
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Ilinventorate
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ill-in-vent-o-rat
Sentence: Billy's ilinventoracy hindered his career plans to become a search engine programmer.
Etymology: il (as in illiterate) + inventory
Dotcompromised
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: dot/compromized
Sentence: He was so dotcompromised that he couldn't function at all without being hooked up to his umbilical mouse.
Etymology: dot com + compromise
Altavistuffers
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: All-tuh-viss-tuh-furs
Sentence: Danny usually found things in the last place he looked, which he presumed was all the confirmation that he needed to prove he was joining the ranks of the world population of altavistuffers.
Etymology: Altavista + Alzheimer's + stuff + suffers
Inlaptitude
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: in/lap/ti/tude
Sentence: Chris' inlaptitude at sorting socks resulted from leaving his laptop at the office.
Etymology: ineptitude + lap top
Trackache
Created by: geoamnesia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I hit another 404 today, looking for my socks, and wished Google could just tag and file my laundry.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Could you use your word in the (or a) sentence? Thx! - scrawlspacer, 2007-07-21: 19:25:00
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Fininabley
Created by: kellii3
Pronunciation: fin-in-able-y
Sentence: mr.travers was one of the few sufferers of fininabley who needed constant help finding things.
Etymology: fin-(find) inable-(inability) y-(coz it sounds better)
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COMMENTS:
woo i like this word lots - kellii3, 2007-07-24: 14:47:00
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Asliphiani
Created by: princessmg
Pronunciation: as-fel-ep-i
Sentence: My asphelipi broke.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
it's a cool word. - princessmg, 2007-07-19: 16:50:00
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Comments:
Kyoti - 2007-07-19: 10:25:00
Altavistuff
Kyoti - 2007-07-19: 10:26:00
Wow, look at that. I need a drink! ;))
Does alcohol have a salutary effect on boxlexia?