I am Thinking of a Word

It is a noun

Is it bigger than a breadbasket? (obviously the OBJECT represented by the noun, not the word)

Yes.

Is it something most people have in their home?

No, not really.

Is it a compound word?

No.

[quote]LightsOutLuthor wrote:
And I just got my answer there.

Bowlikinetics (boh lih kih neh’ tiks) - n. The act of trying to control a released bowling ball by twisting one’s body in the direction one wants it to go.

ITS A FAKE WORD!!! No wonder our linguistics friends here couldn’t come up with it![/quote]

It’s not bowlikinetics, lol.

That was one example… it’s any time you do that, trying to control an objects trajectory after you’ve released it and can’t.

I was talking to my mother, and apparently I told her the word (of course she can’t remember it either, story of my life…) and she remembers that it started with “ergo.”

I think I’m close.