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DEFINITION: To share greetings, hugs, and kisses with old friends and familiar faces, while you desperately try to remember their names.
Verboticisms
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Namenesia
Created by: chale
Pronunciation: nam-nee-see-ya
Sentence: When namenesia struck, Bertie could hardly remember his own name, never mind anyone else's
Etymology: Name + amnesia
Philostall
Created by: oohisay
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Bob decided his only hope for remembering her name was to philostall. - oohisay, 2006-12-13: 09:42:00
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Mismoniker
Created by: carlcollins
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I had a total mismoniker the other day, I knew I knew her but damned if I could recall her name.
Etymology: Mis (like mistake, mismatch) and moniker (name)
Reunmemtrieve
Created by: BDR1985
Pronunciation: re-un-mem-trieve
Sentence:
Etymology: Reunion + Memory + Retrieve
Forgetimate
Created by: maxronez
Pronunciation: fur-GET-im-ayt
Sentence: Oops, I was caught forgetimating... uh... whats-her-name.
Etymology: forget + mate
Namnesia
Created by: Hilary
Pronunciation: cross between name and amnesia.
Sentence: I'm sorry, I can't recall your name- I've got namnesia.
Etymology:
Namiliate
Created by: Coolfool
Pronunciation: Nam+iliate as in humiliate.
Sentence: I was completly namiliated by that chance meeting with that couple. We double dated a few times and I still can't remember their names!
Etymology: from name, and humiliate.
Comments:
Jabberwocky - 2006-12-11: 12:34:00
Babel - I love hospiwhothehellity
babel - 2006-12-11: 13:45:00
familanesia is a great one stevenson
wordmeister - 2006-12-11: 14:01:00
Personally, I find embarassing when I get familanesia or hospiwhothehellity... Why do you guys like it?
Jabberwocky - 2006-12-11: 15:31:00
I agree - both are great words but Babel - I think you could expand it to hospiwhothellareyouity
babel - 2006-12-11: 15:33:00
hospiwhothehellareyoulookingatmelikeimsupposedtoknowyouity
babel - 2006-12-11: 15:34:00
oh well, i guess i found the max single word length haha
wordmeister - 2006-12-11: 15:51:00
Yes, I can only guess how your word ends...
CaptPoco - 2006-12-18: 10:19:00
Memorafeeblia is so fun to say!