pageghost
/ˈpeɪdʒˌɡəʊst/nounVerified NewA webpage seen once, not saved, and thereafter unfindable despite determined searching.
It existed, and the wording was specific, yet no query reproduces it. Eventually the doubt sets in about whether it was ever there at all — a common institutional memory failure of the browsing self.
Etym. — page + ghost — the site that haunts the search history without residing in it.
Rel. — layoutloss
Novelty check: NEW · checked 2026-11-08
review evidence: wordstoreview/review-batch-3-10-media.md
Evidence log
No query log recorded.
Method: Editorial batch review — per-word exact-form web search (WebSearch/Tavily) per docs/REVIEW-criteria.md §2