{"id":16,"date":"2007-03-15T16:04:52","date_gmt":"2007-03-15T20:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=16"},"modified":"2007-03-31T16:25:36","modified_gmt":"2007-03-31T20:25:36","slug":"what-was-i-looking-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=16","title":{"rendered":"What was I looking for?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> To be so distracted by the fact that you can&#8217;t find something, that you forget what you were looking for.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/lists\/images\/jimage\/keys.png\" alt=\"What was I looking for?\" height=\"300\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Whichhunt<\/strong>:  \/<em>which-hunt<\/em>\/ as he aimlessly entered the kitchen again, he realised he needed to give up this whichhunt. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  which, hunt, witch hunt <em>Created by:<\/em> rikboyee.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Itemnesia<\/strong>:  \/<em>eye-tem-NEES-yah<\/em>\/ After 20 minutes of frantically searching through her Prius, Sharon paused, stricken with itemnesia. Now WHAT was she looking for? <em>Etymology:<\/em>  item + amnesia <em>Created by:<\/em> Alchemist.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Damnesia<\/strong>:  \/<em>dam-nee-zhuh<\/em>\/ When you forget what you forgot it might be senility but it&#8217;s probably just a case of damnesia. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  damn + amnesia  <em>Created by:<\/em> lauramy.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Helterseeker<\/strong>:  \/<em>hell-tor-sEk-or<\/em>\/ Jill&#8217;s search for her keys turned into a helterseeker. She forgot that she is seeking her keys when she stumbled onto a shoe she lost 2 months ago. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  helter skelter\/seek <em>Created by:<\/em> toadstool57.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=keys\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=keys<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">Be Creative,<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">James<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/\/\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: To be so distracted by the fact that you can&#8217;t find something, that you forget what you were looking for. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Whichhunt: \/which-hunt\/ as he aimlessly entered the kitchen again, he realised he needed to give up this whichhunt. Etymology: which, hunt, witch hunt Created by: rikboyee. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=16\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What was I looking for?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}