DEFINITION: To be so distracted by the fact that you can’t find something, that you forget what you were looking for.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Damnesia: // I had been searching for my lost keys when damnesia kicked in, and I wandered off to the kitchen for a bowl of cereal. Etymology: Created by: recessivejean.
Escalapse: /es-kuh-laps/ He couldn’t remember where he set his cellphone, and it just escalapsed from there. Now he’s just standing there, gazing into the refrigerator, hoping it has what he needs. Etymology: escalate (to increase in magnitude, intensity, amount…) + lapse, as in “a lapse of memory” Created by: ScrabbledEgg.
Confoundcentration: /con-fownd-sent-tration/ he was lost in his confoundcentration. Frustrated he left his house, but to his surprise he couldn’t lock the door. He wondered why. Etymology: con-found-it(frustration) + concentration Created by: loofarama.
Baffooled: /bah + fooled/ I got so baffooled looking for my sunglasses that I ended up looking for my wallet instead. Etymology: baffle + fooled Created by: Osomatic.
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