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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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Memoralysis
Created by: librarygrrrl
Pronunciation: meh-mor-AL-i-sis
Sentence: Embarrassed by his memoralysis, John frantically tried to recollect his redheaded second cousin's name.
Etymology: memory + paralysis
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COMMENTS:
- fashionista, 2006-12-28: 15:51:00
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Mismoniker
Created by: carlcollins
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I had a total mismoniker the other day, I knew I knew her but damned if I could recall her name.
Etymology: Mis (like mistake, mismatch) and moniker (name)
Stallthink
Created by: Acostell
Pronunciation: Stall-Think
Sentence: 'I need to stallthink this one, she's on the tip of my tongue.'
Etymology:
Greefting
Created by: Jessj
Pronunciation: Grief-ting
Sentence: I was greefting all night at that party.
Etymology: Drifting from person to person with knowledge of identity + greeting
Prefrend
Created by: remkoduursma
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He was prefrending to know her
Etymology:
Visnomia
Created by: xadrian
Pronunciation: vihz no me nya
Sentence: I suffer from visnomia every time I go to reunions.
Etymology: Vis from visage or face. Nom for name. "ia" for making it sound like a disease.
Tonguetipitis
Created by: POKETNRJSH
Pronunciation: tongue-tip-itis
Sentence: I know her face, but I have a case of tonguetipitis.
Etymology:
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!