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'But I only see her once a year. And I do remember her hair. And her lips...'

DEFINITION: To share greetings, hugs, and kisses with old friends and familiar faces, while you desperately try to remember their names.

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Kissoffism

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: kiss/off/ism

Sentence: He knew he was suffering from a bad case of "kissoffism" when he couldn't recall whom he had brushed off lately with a polite peck on the cheek.

Etymology: kiss: intimate greeting and a variation kiss off: to forget whom you've kissed + ism: meaning it happens to a lot of folks

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Misfackle

Created by: jigendalitwoforks

Pronunciation: miss-fah-kull

Sentence: Lauren misfackled as the guy who went to her high school gave her a friendly hug.

Etymology:

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Namezheimer

Created by: BrakX

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Hospiwhothehellity

Created by: babel

Pronunciation: hos-pee-who-the-hell-it-ee

Sentence: Trevor always found meeting Jane's friends required deep reserves of hospiwhothehellity.

Etymology: hospitality + who the hell

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Corrify

Created by: ancientSept

Pronunciation: core-eh-fy

Sentence: He corrified to remember her name.

Etymology: Correlate and identify!

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Relationalize

Created by: mytimeonearth

Pronunciation:

Sentence: It's very common to relationalize at family reunions.

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Whoneon

Created by: r3m0t

Pronunciation: Who - nion

Sentence: It was a frustrating whoneon.

Etymology: who + re-union

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Nonaming

Created by: xshadowswimmer08x

Pronunciation:

Sentence: i was dissapointed when he nonamed me

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Dejawho

Created by: dkrider

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Etymology: Sounds like "deja vu"

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Famnesia

IHeartKiwiTarts

Created by: IHeartKiwiTarts

Pronunciation: " fam-neej-ah"

Sentence: the elderly are not the only ones to suffer from bouts of famnesia at reunions.

Etymology: Originating from my brain

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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!