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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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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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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.
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Namenesia
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: nam-nee-see-ya
Sentence: When namenesia struck, Bertie could hardly remember his own name, never mind anyone else's
Etymology: Name + amnesia
Namefart
Created by: kdhills
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I ran into Tammy's brother on the subway yesterday and was completely embarassed when he said hello. I had a total namefart!
Etymology: Name + Brainfart
Salutamnesia
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: sal-oot-am-knee-ja
Sentence: Cristie's shifting eyes betrayed her salutamnesia.
Etymology: saltue + amnesia
Namenesia
Created by: chrisk2k7
Pronunciation: nam-nee-see-ya
Sentence: When namenesia struck, Bertie could hardly remember his own name, never mind anyone else's
Etymology: Name + amnesia
Forgreetten
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
Redecollection
Created by: danboaz
Pronunciation: rE-dek-O-lekShun
Sentence: Jimmy was famous for his redecollection, but never more than with Suzy, maybe it was because she is the spitting image of his mother.
Etymology: re: again, de: not, collect: put to gether (as in recollect)
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!