.
ADDVENTURE (ad ven' cher) n. what it is like living with someone who has ADD.
CARNESIA (car ne' zhi a) n. 1. not being able to remember where you parked the car. 2. forgetting which car you drove. 3. forgetting that you actually walked. 4.forgetting that you don't even own a car.
COUNTER CLOCKWISE (koun' ter klak wiz) adv. Clock dumb. Unable to get anywhere on time, but then does it really matter, anyway?
DOMINANT JEAN (dam' a nant jen) n. the clean pair of jeans that always ends up on the top of the dirty clothes pile.
EFFICIENT (a fish' ant) a. having to do with fish. Or at least sounding like fish in the middle. Must have something to do with being smelly and slimy or just plain, well, fishy. As in "her house isn't very neat; she must be very efficient."
FLOOR (flor) n. a storage area for clothing.
GAB (gab) n. the gift bestowed upon those with ADD.
GOING POSTAL (go' ing po' stul) n. the anger an ADDer feels when they have arrived at home or at work, still holding that letter that they were supposed to mail on the way.
HEREAFTER SYNDROME (her af' tar sin' dom) n. the habit of standing in the middle of a room (or shopping mall) and asking "What am I here after?"
HINDSIGHT (hind' site) n. the habit of always looking back before sitting down on any chair in the house to make sure you are not going to sit on something.
HUHWHAT (hu' hwut) interj. the initial response to any request or conversation directed at anyone with ADD, once actual contact has finally been made.
HYPERFOCUS (hi' pur fo' kus) n. the intense looks by people out in public when an ADHD child in a restaurant or store is out of control.
JOKE (jok) n. something an ADDer can never remember the punch line to.
KETTLEBLOB or KETTLEGLOB (ket' l blob, glob) n.the residue left on the stove after forgetting that you put the tea kettle on and it melted.
KEYNOTE (ke' note) n. what ADDers write in order to remember where they put their keys.
KNOCKSHOCK (nok' shok) n. the sheer terror ADDers feel when there is a knock at the door, and they hope whoever it is doesn't want to come in.
LISTLESS (list' las) a. how an ADDer feels after they have gone grocery shopping without a list and have come home with everything except what they went for.
NUMNESIA (num ne' zhi a) n. 1. a condition that manifests itself in having to look back and forth between the phone and the local phone number 2-3 times before dialing is completed. 2. that which results in repeating a phone number that someone has just told you over and over until you reach the telephone, pick up the receiver, and forget the whole thing completely. 3. the act of trying to figure out whose phone number is scribbled on that piece of paper.
ORGANIZE not found in this dictionary.
PHONESIA (fo ne' zhi a) n. forgetting who you are calling the second someone on the other line answers and says, "hello."
POINTLESS (point' less) a. the chronic condition of every single pencil in every ADD home.
POSTITIS (post i' tis) n. a wrist condition resulting from constantly writing and sticking post-it notes all over the place.
POSTSCRIPT (post' skript) v. having to carefully space out taking your meds, because you forgot to fill your prescription before it expired and will have to wait before you can get more.
PRE-MED (pre' med) n. the foggy state of mind ADDers are in until their meds kick in.
READPEAT (red pet') v. having to read something over and over before it finally sinks in.
SLEEP TIGHT (slep tite) n. having to sleep in a confined area on the bed because the rest of it is covered with clothes, books, etc.
SNOWLUMP (sno' lump) n. those undefined lumps in the snow made by various pieces of lawn furniture which was never put away.
origin, from the winter game, "Name that Lump."
THERROR (THer awr) n. regardless of whether the word should be "there" "they're", or "their", the knack of always using the wrong one.
TIME RELEASE (time re' les) n. how an ADDer feels when they are hyperfocusing and lose all concept of time.
TIME ZONE (time zone) n. the maximum length of time an ADDer can focus on something boring before zoning ot.
TRIPOMETER (trip o' me ter) n. 1. a device which counts the number of trips an ADDer makes into a room to get something before they actually do get it, or 2. the number of times an ADDer trips over something on the floor before they pick it up (or at least kick it out of the way).
Last Modified April 30 2007