Verboticism: Shamnesia
DEFINITION: v. To pretend to forget an embarrassing act or event. n. A person who pretends to forget embarrassing moments or actions.
Shamnesia
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: sham-NEEZ-ya
Sentence: Embarrassed at the prospect of actually revealing that he had been doing some personal 'research' on his predecessor, Barry instead created for himself, a state of shamnesia wherein he merely pretended that he knew nothing at all regarding the details of that 'research'.
Etymology: Blend of 'sham' (fake) and 'amnesia' (loss of a large block of interrelated memories)
Points: 1100
Comments: Shamnesia
galwaywegian - 2009-01-22: 03:42:00
Can't understand why it isn't in common usage already! well done!