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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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Youwhoing
Created by: bozzerino
Pronunciation: yoo hoo ing
Sentence:
Etymology: yoo hoo you who
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.
Misfackle
Created by: jigendalitwoforks
Pronunciation: miss-fah-kull
Sentence: Lauren misfackled as the guy who went to her high school gave her a friendly hug.
Etymology:
Reminominisce
Created by: neildorgan
Pronunciation: rem-ih-nom-ih-niss
Sentence: John was helplessly reminominiscing with friends whose names he'd forgotten
Etymology: Coming from reminisce (to remember and discuss old memories) and nom, latin for name.
Familanesia
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: fuh/mil/a/nee/zhuh
Sentence: Familanesia strikes me often at this time of year at Christmas parties.
Etymology: familiar + amnesia
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!