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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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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...
Recollaffect
Created by: nicolase
Pronunciation:
Sentence: While Manfred was clearly aware of who these gregarious people in latex were, and seemed glad to see them, Tina could only guess, and was forced to recollaffect.
Etymology: A triple portmanteau of "recollect", "affection" and "affect"- i.e. pretense.
Nonaming
Created by: xshadowswimmer08x
Pronunciation:
Sentence: i was dissapointed when he nonamed me
Etymology:
Tonguetipitis
Created by: POKETNRJSH
Pronunciation: tongue-tip-itis
Sentence: I know her face, but I have a case of tonguetipitis.
Etymology:
Exlasperate
Created by: TheCapn
Pronunciation: X-las-per-ate
Sentence: He began to exlasperate when he saw his old army buddy.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
- TheCapn, 2006-12-13: 20:56:00
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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)
Memoralysis
Created by: librarygrrrl
Pronunciation: meh-mor-AL-i-sis
Sentence: Embarrassed by his memoralysis, John frantically tried to recollect his redheaded second cousin's name.
Etymology: memory + paralysis
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COMMENTS:
- fashionista, 2006-12-28: 15:51:00
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Recallisitis
Created by: stormee
Pronunciation: Re-call-eyetis
Sentence: When meeting his old classmate, Jim had a severe case of recallitis trying to remember the classmates name.
Etymology: A struggle to remember persons, places or things .
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!