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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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Greek
Created by: Fleury
Pronunciation:
Sentence: We greeked each other, enthusiastically yet apprehensively.
Etymology: greet + eek!
Namenesia
Created by: chale
Pronunciation: nam-nee-see-ya
Sentence: When namenesia struck, Bertie could hardly remember his own name, never mind anyone else's
Etymology: Name + amnesia
Fakinize
Created by: greeneye
Pronunciation: fake-in-ize
Sentence: Tom fakinized the oddly familiar woman, his smile barely masking his internal panic as he tried to remember his name.
Etymology:
Namnesia
Created by: Hilary
Pronunciation: cross between name and amnesia.
Sentence: I'm sorry, I can't recall your name- I've got namnesia.
Etymology:
Impromize
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation:
Sentence: When he saw her Ted impromized to no avail.
Etymology: improvise+memorize
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!