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'Why can't I google my socks?'

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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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.

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Googleptic

Created by: jrogan

Pronunciation: goo-gel-ep-tic

Sentence: James was standing naked in his bedroom. He couldn't find his socks. He grabbed his iphone which was strapped to his hip -- that's right he slept with it and nothing else. He texted his socks. They didn't reply. He twittered them. No response. He phoned. No answer. So he googled his name plus socks and found a post on his blog which said "Look in sock drawer". And thank goodness he did, otherwise he would have had a googleptic fit.

Etymology: google + epilepsy

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COMMENTS:

good word... - mweinmann, 2009-08-11: 07:44:00

googlepic word - Nosila, 2009-08-11: 12:20:00

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Discomgooglated

dturner

Created by: dturner

Pronunciation: pronounced like "discombobulated" ("gl" is a syllable)

Sentence: Robert was so ferociously discomgooglated, he would frequently type in mid-air in order to locate the eyeglasses perched on his forehead.

Etymology: from dis- L. dis- "apart" & com- L. "with" & google E. Billy De Beck's "Barney Google" (small man with large eyes)

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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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Paladotisch

Created by: adbern

Pronunciation: Pa-la-do-tisch

Sentence: .....it's paladotisch

Etymology:

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Dopesy

Created by: Chapin

Pronunciation: Dope-see, dope-uh-see (alt.)

Sentence: Either invisible gnomes are deliberately stealing and hiding my keys, or I've got terminal dopesy.

Etymology: Root: "dope," an idiot or stupid person. Also a play on "dropsy," an abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in bodily tissues or cavities.

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Googloss

whimsy

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

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Disorgajumble

Created by: bghicks

Pronunciation: dis-orga-jumble

Sentence: He was completely organized in the office, but at home everything he owned was disorgajumbled.

Etymology: disorga - from disorganized jumble - a big pile o' stuff

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COMMENTS:

so true! - wordmeister, 2007-01-05: 11:30:00

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Deegle

Created by: hairydoginparis

Pronunciation: dee-gull

Sentence: I wish I could deegle my car keys when I lose them.

Etymology: desire+google

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Wwwost

artr

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)

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