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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.

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Googlocious

Created by: leaffan001

Pronunciation: gu-gol-o-shis

Sentence: Dependance on search sites.

Etymology: From the web site google.

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COMMENTS:

Good Word - leaffan001, 2007-07-19: 19:39:00

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Dogpiled

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: dawg-pi-uhled

Sentence: He had Googled, Yahooed, MSN'd, and Asked Jeeves, but he was dogpiled and still couldn't figure out which slot in the drawer the spoons went.

Etymology: Dogpile "All the best search engines piled into one."; dog pile - what my mother used to call my bed

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COMMENTS:

One can only imagine why your bed was called a "dog pile" ;) - ziggy41, 2007-07-19: 04:49:00

hehe! - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-19: 06:51:00

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Distrovent

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: dis-TRO-vent

Sentence: Every morning was the same for his family. His tie was not in the wardrobe where put it, one of his socks was missing and the lunch he had definitely put in his briefcase a moment ago was no longer there. He was distrovent-but wouldn't admit it!

Etymology: Dis (OFr)-"lack of", trov (Anglo-Fr)-"found" & -ent a suffix forming adjective from nouns or verbs.

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Yahumm

Created by: jadenguy

Pronunciation: yah umm

Sentence: “Where is Tiberius? Where is he?” Julius exclaimed. The makeshift portable canopy from umbrellas and duct protected the penguin he was holding from the harsh morning sun. They new taking this long to load them into the truck would be trouble. “Christ, I’m holding him here, you yahumm. Your wikipenguina is of no help, eh?”

Etymology: yahoo (person and service) + umm

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COMMENTS:

this whole continuous story writing thing has been an interesting experience. i'll probably talk about it in depth this weekend on tomorrow's word. man, i never realized how much i could enjoy it, though. - jadenguy, 2007-07-19: 11:29:00

we're enjoying it too jadenguy - now I know what the umbrellas are for - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-19: 11:54:00

But what ever happened to the farmer's daughter? - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-19: 13:50:00

hopefully tomorrow's word will lead me in that direction? - jadenguy, 2007-07-19: 15:10:00

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Yawhere

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: yaaaa wheyr

Sentence: he could google it ask jeeves it and yahoo it, but he just couldn't yawhere it. So he made a donation to Saint Anthony via paypal, and lo and behold, it was down the back of the couch, even though it wasn't there the last time he checked.

Etymology: yahoo, ya who, ya where

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