Verboticism: Disappellate
DEFINITION: v. To be unable to remember the name of a person you are speaking to, even though you've had a long-standing, and perhaps even an intimate relationship. n. An inability to remember a person's name.
Disappellate
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: dis-āp'ə-lāt
Sentence: Julia had a strong urge to dismember Herman on the many occasions when he disappellated her in public.
Etymology: dis, a Latin prefix meaning “apart,” “asunder,” “away,” or having a privative, negative, or reversing force, + appellation [Middle English appelacion, from Old French appelation, from Latin appellātiō], a name, title or designation.
Points: 791
Comments: Disappellate
silveryaspen - 2008-03-04: 10:07:00
Great sentence! Dismember blew my mind ... nice double entendre! Well chosen etymology. Your word has an appealing international flair!
Jabberwocky - 2008-03-04: 13:16:00
I think William Tell's son felt the same way
doseydotes - 2008-03-04: 17:17:00
Dismember woulda shoulda coulda beena good one, too.
OZZIEBOB - 2008-03-04: 20:09:00
Well defined!