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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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Nomentoblag
Created by: slumpman
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: Nom and mento from the latin root words for Name and Memory, and blag meaning to fly by the seat of your pants
Lamentate
Created by: bunnyrounderupper
Pronunciation: lame-an-tate
Sentence:
Etymology:
Anachronesia
Created by: Stinah
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Lucy has anachronesia and doesn't remember you even if she smiles at you.
Etymology:
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 .
Hobnobnumb
Created by: Dancebert
Pronunciation: Hob-nob-numb
Sentence: Although he continued to exchange pleasentries, he was clueless as to whom he was talking to.
Etymology: Hobnob - to associate familiarly Numb - devoid of sensation
Awkwamacies
Created by: Aioua
Pronunciation: Awk'-wer-ma-sees
Sentence: I hadn't seen her for a couple of years, but never the less she rushed in for some awkarmacies while I racked my memory for her name.
Etymology: awkward + intamices

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!