Verboticism: Knowitnot
DEFINITION: n. An out-of-body, or out-of-brain, experience which occurs when faced with a demanding intellectual challenge. v. To lose your train of thought while trying to demonstrate your intellectual prowess.
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Brainout
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: bray-n-ow-t
Sentence: David was experiencing major brainout when on jeopardy, and was asked "This is the color yellow and blue make". He answered "What is purple?". He felt even worse when watching and noticed he and all the other players were wearing green shirts that day.
Etymology: Play on blankout. Brain (your thinker!) + out (forgetting, drawing a blank, OR as in external, not with you)
Transcendentaldeprivation
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: tranz-en-dentl-dep-ruhv-ay-shun
Sentence: Gilbert had recurring episodes of transcendentaldeprivation and particularly so when he was trying to show off his imaginary mental agility wherein his mind would wander completely off topic causing him to lose his train of thought entirely.
Etymology: Blend of 'transcendental' (being beyond ordinary or common experience, thought, or belief; supernatural) and 'deprivation',(dispossession; loss) a play on the term 'transcendental meditation'.
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COMMENTS:
Also transcenmental ....wonderful word! - mweinmann, 2009-04-15: 08:50:00
Highly Clever! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-15: 12:01:00
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Knowpiate
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: no - pee - et
Sentence: Sigmund sat for his bar exams on Wednesday but for some reason, he felt like he had taken a knowpiate....everything he thought he knew was suppressed somehow and his brain felt foggy.
Etymology: knowledge, know, opiate (opiates dull the senses, suppress the activity of the central nervous system)
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COMMENTS:
Excellent blending of words! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-15: 11:56:00
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Brainwreck
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: brayn-rehk
Sentence: "Ah Choo Choo," Tallulah exclaimed, looking down at her test paper. She had lost her train of thought. She had forgotten to take her meds and a brainwreck had taken place at the crossroads of Synapse and Catalyst.
Etymology: Playing on TRAINWRECK
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COMMENTS:
A great word! - splendiction, 2009-04-15: 20:08:00
Excellent! - Mustang, 2009-04-16: 00:21:00
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Cerabrasion
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sera bray zhun
Sentence: Sarah Bellam was normally an intelligent girl, who aced exams and got high marks without even studying. That was until today. She sat at the exam desk and suffered a serious bout of cerebrasion. She could not even concentrate on the questions, nevermind supply lucid answers. She was out of her gourd and feeling melon-choly. This was because last night, the man of her dreams, Harry Honeydew, had asked her to run away with him and get married. Sure, she was tempted, but at 18, she knew she did not have the courgette to defy her parents and give up her education or her Mellon scholarship. She squashed his romantic overtures and played back in her mind the words she worried she may later come to regret,"No, I cantaloupe with you Harry!"
Etymology: Cerebrate (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments) & Abrasion (erosion by friction, being worn down)
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COMMENTS:
This is clever, funny and perfect! - mweinmann, 2009-04-15: 08:47:00
Super names and super verbotomies! Very Brainy! :-) - silveryaspen, 2009-04-15: 11:58:00
Excellent! - splendiction, 2009-04-15: 21:44:00
Definitely something to cerebrate. - Mustang, 2009-04-16: 00:22:00
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Conundumb
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ko nun dum
Sentence: It was her worst nightmare. Mary Jane had studied hard for her finals. In fact, she'd spent hours cramming in knowledge for the big day. She'd answered every multiple choice question and felt confident that her answer was the right one in each case. All finished, she just had to complete the top portion with her personal information. She froze when it asked for her address and phone number. Having just moved, she could not for the life of her remember them. AAAgh! What a conundumb and her not allowed to open her purse. She obviously had crammed too much intense trivia in her brain cells and bumped out a simple sequence of numbers. Time's up, Mary Jane!
Etymology: Conundrum (a difficult problem;enigma;something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained;riddle) & Dumb (slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;stupid)
Cranidumb
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kray nee dum
Sentence: Marcia was experiencing an episode of cranidumb while she was writing her finals. She could not even complete the multiple choice questions because she temporarily had forgotten enything she ever knew. Forget about joining MENSA, she needed to find an Alzheimer's specialist quickly...
Etymology: Cranium (part of the skull that encloses the brain) & Dumb (not smart)
Ramjammed
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: ram-jammed
Sentence: Margaret wondered if she may have studied a little too hard the night before her test when she realized she had gotten cram ramjammed trying to access the data.
Etymology: RAM: random access memory (memory; storage on a computer) jammed: to get stuck or blocked; crammed in too tightly
Knowitnot
Created by: peenookie
Pronunciation: Like know it all...
Sentence: My boss is trying to tell me how this works?! He is such a knowitnot, he wouldn't know the how to handle this even if he had the policy and procedure book in front of him.
Etymology: know it all and not knowing it = knowitnot
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Einstymied
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: īnstīmēd
Sentence: Randall is the youngest ever in his school to take Master's-level physics. Some call him a prodigy. Today he feels more like a brick of prodicheese. He is completely Einstymied by the test in front of him. Apparently his brain has gone back to bed without him.
Etymology: Einstein (a genius) + stymied (prevent or hinder the progress of)
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COMMENTS:
ha ha! well done! - splendiction, 2009-04-15: 21:36:00
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