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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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Tonguetipitis

Created by: POKETNRJSH

Pronunciation: tongue-tip-itis

Sentence: I know her face, but I have a case of tonguetipitis.

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Alznhamers

Created by: rtrtrth

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Greetvoid

Created by: isopraxis

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Dejawho

Created by: dkrider

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Etymology: Sounds like "deja vu"

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Namenesia

Created by: chris

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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Blanquaintance

Created by: riflesandkids74

Pronunciation: blaynk-kwayn-tens

Sentence: Despite the first half hour, when all of us needed to blanquaintance, the reunion turned out to be a great success

Etymology: blank + aquaintance

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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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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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Forgautonym

Created by: johnnyrockett

Pronunciation: For-got-o-nim

Sentence: As I walked in to my high school reunion, I realized that I would experience forgautonym many times this night.

Etymology: Forg - Forgot Autonym - a person's own name

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Anonymifection

Created by: boywondernyc

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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!