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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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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.
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
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)
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:
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.
Googloss
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
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
Wwwost
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)
