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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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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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Namnesia

Created by: Hilary

Pronunciation: cross between name and amnesia.

Sentence: I'm sorry, I can't recall your name- I've got namnesia.

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Touchneisa

Created by: slug800

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Hoodahelaruapropism

Created by: Jester

Pronunciation: wHO-da-HeL-R-U-apropism

Sentence: Dave felt that sudden fear from the base of his skull to his toes as realised he had commited a Hoodahelaruapropism in greeting the strangely familiar girl with a hair lip and B.O

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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)

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Relationalize

Created by: mytimeonearth

Pronunciation:

Sentence: It's very common to relationalize at family reunions.

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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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Wishiknewya

Created by: ndzeus2525

Pronunciation: wish i knew ya

Sentence: Hmm,

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Recollaffect

Created by: nicolase

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Sentence: While Manfred was clearly aware of who these gregarious people in latex were, and seemed glad to see them, Tina could only guess, and was forced to recollaffect.

Etymology: A triple portmanteau of "recollect", "affection" and "affect"- i.e. pretense.

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Forgetagreet

Created by: KoolKow

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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!