{"id":167,"date":"2007-09-10T08:16:53","date_gmt":"2007-09-10T12:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=167"},"modified":"2007-09-10T08:16:53","modified_gmt":"2007-09-10T12:16:53","slug":"what-was-i-looking-for-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=167","title":{"rendered":"What was I looking for?"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> To be so distracted by the fact that you can’t find something, that you forget what you were looking for.<\/font><\/p>\n

\"What<\/p>\n

VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Damnesia<\/strong>: \/\/ 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:<\/em> Created by:<\/em> recessivejean.<\/font><\/p>\n

Escalapse<\/strong>: \/es-kuh-laps<\/em>\/ 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:<\/em> escalate (to increase in magnitude, intensity, amount…) + lapse, as in “a lapse of memory” Created by:<\/em> ScrabbledEgg.<\/font><\/p>\n

Confoundcentration<\/strong>: \/con-fownd-sent-tration<\/em>\/ 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:<\/em> con-found-it(frustration) + concentration Created by:<\/em> loofarama.<\/font><\/p>\n

Baffooled<\/strong>: \/bah + fooled<\/em>\/ I got so baffooled looking for my sunglasses that I ended up looking for my wallet instead. Etymology:<\/em> baffle + fooled Created by:<\/em> Osomatic.<\/font><\/p>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
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James<\/font><\/p>\n

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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. … Continue reading 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],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167"}],"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=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}