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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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Wishiknewya

Created by: ndzeus2525

Pronunciation: wish i knew ya

Sentence: Hmm,

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Stuntgreeting

Created by: cannibalgymnastics

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Quexorcism

rilstix

Created by: rilstix

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Pretenderness

Created by: polarpanda

Pronunciation: pre-ten-der-ness (not PREE-ten-der-ness)

Sentence: Hey, honey, tell me your cousin Patrice's husband's name again-- he's headed over here, and I don't want all that awkward pretenderness when he leans in for a hug.

Etymology: pretend + tenderness

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Greek

Created by: Fleury

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Sentence: We greeked each other, enthusiastically yet apprehensively.

Etymology: greet + eek!

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Nebulate

Created by: chofu67

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Grunnaknowtings

Created by: garneteyes

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Nomentoblag

Created by: slumpman

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Etymology: Nom and mento from the latin root words for Name and Memory, and blag meaning to fly by the seat of your pants

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Distrame

Created by: Dormin87

Pronunciation: diss-tray-m

Sentence: Greg couldn't remember the name of his brother-in-law, so he used the old distrame technique.

Etymology: A combination of distract and name.

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Awkwaint

Tobester

Created by: Tobester

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Etymology: from 'awkward' and 'acquaintance'

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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!