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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
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Robservation
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: rob-zur-vey-shun
Sentence: He was so filled with robversation that he walked past his missing spectacles three times.
Etymology: rob - (to take, deprive) observation - (notice, perceive)
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COMMENTS:
to be fair, he was probably blindsided - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-10: 12:10:00
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Flakesearch
Created by: sparkles510
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Matt's continued to flakesearch even though the keys are in his hands.
Etymology:
Brainlocked
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: You can“t find your keys. Are you totally brainlocked?
Etymology:
Roomroaming
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: room-roh-ming
Sentence: even though his sunglasses were on his head, he had spent a good five minutes searching for them and then he had spent a further ten minutes roomroaming
Etymology: room, roam
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COMMENTS:
Exactky what happens to me in the situation. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-11: 01:05:00
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Escalapse
Created by: ScrabbledEgg
Pronunciation: es-kuh-laps
Sentence: 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"
Baffooled
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: bah + fooled
Sentence: I got so baffooled looking for my sunglasses that I ended up looking for my wallet instead.
Etymology: baffle + fooled
Zombemused
Created by: FreeToys
Pronunciation: zom - bee - myoozed'
Sentence: Even though he realized he no longer remembered what he was looking for, he continued to stumble around in his zombemused state
Etymology: zombie/bemused
Neglecate
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: neh-gle-keyt
Sentence: Fred continued to neglecate until Wilma hit him on the head with a frying pan.
Etymology: neglect + locate
Comments:
FreeToys - 2007-09-10: 14:01:00
zombieseek