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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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Nonamory
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"
Namnesia
Created by: Hilary
Pronunciation: cross between name and amnesia.
Sentence: I'm sorry, I can't recall your name- I've got namnesia.
Etymology:
Touchneisa
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
Etymology:
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)
Relationalize
Created by: mytimeonearth
Pronunciation:
Sentence: It's very common to relationalize at family reunions.
Etymology:
Forgreetten
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
Wishiknewya
Created by: ndzeus2525
Pronunciation: wish i knew ya
Sentence: Hmm,
Etymology:
Recollaffect
Created by: nicolase
Pronunciation:
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.
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!