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'But I only see her once a year. And I do remember her hair. And her lips...'

DEFINITION: To share greetings, hugs, and kisses with old friends and familiar faces, while you desperately try to remember their names.

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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

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Impromize

DaddyNewt

Created by: DaddyNewt

Pronunciation:

Sentence: When he saw her Ted impromized to no avail.

Etymology: improvise+memorize

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Philostall

Created by: oohisay

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COMMENTS:

Bob decided his only hope for remembering her name was to philostall. - oohisay, 2006-12-13: 09:42:00

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Forgetimate

Created by: maxronez

Pronunciation: fur-GET-im-ayt

Sentence: Oops, I was caught forgetimating... uh... whats-her-name.

Etymology: forget + mate

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Stallfection

Created by: neojester12

Pronunciation: Stal-fec-shun

Sentence: The thanksgiving dinner was abound with stallfection.

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Resnub

dancemonkey

Created by: dancemonkey

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Ringabellfacing

Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: ring-uh-bel-fays-ing

Sentence: I'm not going to my class reunion -- it will just be a bunch of people ringabellfacing each other.

Etymology: interfacing + rings-a-bell

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Proclaspinate

Created by: galwaywegian

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Forgreetten

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: for-greet-en

Sentence: His forgreetens are really freaking me out. As his memory gets worse the kisses and cuddles go on longer and longer!

Etymology: forgotten + greeting

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Nonamory

Peppie

Created by: Peppie

Pronunciation: nO-'nA-m&-rE

Sentence: While saying hi to his former colleague, Mike encountered a serious case of nonamory.

Etymology: "No name memory"

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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!