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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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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

erasmus

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

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Namefart

Created by: kdhills

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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

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Salutamnesia

Created by: ahwinters

Pronunciation: sal-oot-am-knee-ja

Sentence: Cristie's shifting eyes betrayed her salutamnesia.

Etymology: saltue + amnesia

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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

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Hugnesia

Created by: labareda

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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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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)

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Anamesia

Created by: hvhtim

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Etymology: amnesia + name

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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!