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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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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
Memorafeeblia
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: mem/ora/fee/blee/a
Sentence: Memorafeeblia always hits him at the most awkward times - hopefully a wide smile and lots of nodding will get him through
Etymology: Memorabilia + feeble
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
Antianthroponym
Created by: ChrisCarrk
Pronunciation: an-tee-ann-throw-poh-nim
Sentence: The course of antianthroponology is offered at over 500 universities world wide!
Etymology: anti-anthroponym (technical word for human names)
Namenesia
Created by: chale
Pronunciation: nam-nee-see-ya
Sentence: When namenesia struck, Bertie could hardly remember his own name, never mind anyone else's
Etymology: Name + amnesia
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!