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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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Dismonikerembrance

Created by: ArsMajika

Pronunciation: DIS-moh-ni-KUR-em-brans

Sentence: "Heeeeeey.... uh... you! Long time no see... look, I'm sorry, I'm having the worst case of dismonikerembrance right now. What's your name again?"

Etymology: Dis, to negate; moniker, a name; remembrance, a memory

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Nonamory

Peppie

Created by: Peppie

Pronunciation: nO-'nA-m&-rE

Sentence: While saying hi to his former colleague, Mike encountered a serious case of nonamory.

Etymology: "No name memory"

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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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Nameout

Created by: egonschiela

Pronunciation: name-out

Sentence: Well I never. I seem to have had a complete nameout. I'm so sorry!

Etymology: As in blackout, as with nameout.

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Nonaming

Created by: xshadowswimmer08x

Pronunciation:

Sentence: i was dissapointed when he nonamed me

Etymology:

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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

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Remembefriendfacimatate

Created by: mrguy753

Pronunciation:

Sentence: John just called everyone "dude" and "buddy" as he tried to remembefriendfacimatate.

Etymology:

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Totsation

Created by: Bunny36

Pronunciation: tot-say-shun

Sentence: He was overcome by the feeling of totsation.

Etymology: Also known as the 'tip-of-the-tounge feeling' because of the common sensation that accompanies the panicked pause.

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Impromize

DaddyNewt

Created by: DaddyNewt

Pronunciation:

Sentence: When he saw her Ted impromized to no avail.

Etymology: improvise+memorize

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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!