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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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Salutamnesia
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: sal-oot-am-knee-ja
Sentence: Cristie's shifting eyes betrayed her salutamnesia.
Etymology: saltue + amnesia
Trillmitterly
Created by: msokoloffster
Pronunciation: Tril - mit - er -lee
Sentence: Dean recognized a girl from last years Christmas party; she hates when she has to trillmitterly.
Etymology: Unknown...
Blankello
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: blahn-kell-oh
Sentence: "Hiiiii!!!" he blankelloed across the room. "It's been so long!"
Etymology: blank - to draw one ello - from "hello"
Reminominisce
Created by: neildorgan
Pronunciation: rem-ih-nom-ih-niss
Sentence: John was helplessly reminominiscing with friends whose names he'd forgotten
Etymology: Coming from reminisce (to remember and discuss old memories) and nom, latin for name.
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)
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!