Idiopathic copyeditoritis

Have you heard of this? Don’t bother to Google it. I made it up.
Inspired by a fellow writer/editor who was at a loss for what to label her condition, I coined the term. Please don’t copy it. I have a team of lawyers.

The symptoms: Ability to retain and regurgitate copious amounts of random information that isn’t useful in everyday life but comes in handy when copy editing.
Inability to remember where you placed your car keys. Forgetting your child’s birth date, your home phone number or that you had a dental appointment today at noon.
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