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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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Desperello

Created by: theHerman

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Anonygrope

Created by: kittreb

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Mumblish

Created by: wordbird

Pronunciation: mumb-lish

Sentence: With all of the excitement at the front door, he was able to get away with Mumblish when he hugged aunt Harriet.

Etymology: mumble; English

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Anachronesia

Stinah

Created by: Stinah

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Sentence: Lucy has anachronesia and doesn't remember you even if she smiles at you.

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Gremembrain

Created by: Hjason

Pronunciation: gre-mem-brain

Sentence: Although I have no idea who you are, I am really enjoying tring to gremembraining while I hug you.

Etymology: greet-remember-brain

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Mismoniker

carlcollins

Created by: carlcollins

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Sentence: I had a total mismoniker the other day, I knew I knew her but damned if I could recall her name.

Etymology: Mis (like mistake, mismatch) and moniker (name)

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Namenesia

Created by: chris

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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Forgautonym

Created by: johnnyrockett

Pronunciation: For-got-o-nim

Sentence: As I walked in to my high school reunion, I realized that I would experience forgautonym many times this night.

Etymology: Forg - Forgot Autonym - a person's own name

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Hugnesia

Created by: labareda

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Forgreetten

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: for-greet-en

Sentence: His forgreetens are really freaking me out. As his memory gets worse the kisses and cuddles go on longer and longer!

Etymology: forgotten + greeting

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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!