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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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Nomenesia
Created by: doogman
Pronunciation: No-Men-Ease-ee-ah
Sentence: As she hugged me and kissed my cheek, I was struck by a wave of nomenesia.
Etymology: From the Latin "nomen" (name) and amenesia (to forget)
Palkering
Created by: 321JOS
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I saw an old friend and I was palkering his name
Etymology:
Blanquaintance
Created by: riflesandkids74
Pronunciation: blaynk-kwayn-tens
Sentence: Despite the first half hour, when all of us needed to blanquaintance, the reunion turned out to be a great success
Etymology: blank + aquaintance
Impromize
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation:
Sentence: When he saw her Ted impromized to no avail.
Etymology: improvise+memorize
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!