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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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Awkistic

Created by: matrixpro

Pronunciation: awe-kiss-tick

Sentence: He gave her an awkistic hello when the group stared at him to introduce her to them.

Etymology: My brain

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Chumstumble

Created by: jboehnker

Pronunciation: chum' stum bel

Sentence: Bob's poor attempt at chumstublimg his way through his encounter with his wife's friends fooled nobody, and left him sleeping on the couch for a week.

Etymology: chum + stumble

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Awkwamacies

Created by: Aioua

Pronunciation: Awk'-wer-ma-sees

Sentence: I hadn't seen her for a couple of years, but never the less she rushed in for some awkarmacies while I racked my memory for her name.

Etymology: awkward + intamices

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Remembrassociate

Created by: retrochronix

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Whusyonaming

Created by: antonhere

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Confoundarize

Created by: zeddhead

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Pretenderness

Created by: polarpanda

Pronunciation: pre-ten-der-ness (not PREE-ten-der-ness)

Sentence: Hey, honey, tell me your cousin Patrice's husband's name again-- he's headed over here, and I don't want all that awkward pretenderness when he leans in for a hug.

Etymology: pretend + tenderness

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Namiliate

Created by: Coolfool

Pronunciation: Nam+iliate as in humiliate.

Sentence: I was completly namiliated by that chance meeting with that couple. We double dated a few times and I still can't remember their names!

Etymology: from name, and humiliate.

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Famnesia

IHeartKiwiTarts

Created by: IHeartKiwiTarts

Pronunciation: " fam-neej-ah"

Sentence: the elderly are not the only ones to suffer from bouts of famnesia at reunions.

Etymology: Originating from my brain

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Stallahug

Created by: wishlish

Pronunciation: stal-a-hug

Sentence: I stallahugged her while trying to remember her 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!