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: 1055

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