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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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Whoneon
Created by: r3m0t
Pronunciation: Who - nion
Sentence: It was a frustrating whoneon.
Etymology: who + re-union
Visnomia
Created by: xadrian
Pronunciation: vihz no me nya
Sentence: I suffer from visnomia every time I go to reunions.
Etymology: Vis from visage or face. Nom for name. "ia" for making it sound like a disease.
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
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
Youwhoing
Created by: bozzerino
Pronunciation: yoo hoo ing
Sentence:
Etymology: yoo hoo you who
Anachronesia
Created by: Stinah
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Lucy has anachronesia and doesn't remember you even if she smiles at you.
Etymology:
Nameflop
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: name-flop
Sentence: When MaryAnne arrived at the Christmas party, she nameflopped all of her husband's cousins. Then she had a few drinks and started nameflipflopping...
Etymology: Like name dropping, only not as smooth
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!