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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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Redecollection

Created by: danboaz

Pronunciation: rE-dek-O-lekShun

Sentence: Jimmy was famous for his redecollection, but never more than with Suzy, maybe it was because she is the spitting image of his mother.

Etymology: re: again, de: not, collect: put to gether (as in recollect)

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Whoneon

Created by: r3m0t

Pronunciation: Who - nion

Sentence: It was a frustrating whoneon.

Etymology: who + re-union

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Forgetmedid

Created by: Abbers

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Corrify

Created by: ancientSept

Pronunciation: core-eh-fy

Sentence: He corrified to remember her name.

Etymology: Correlate and identify!

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Refamiliarate

Created by: VBIZILJ

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Prefrend

Created by: remkoduursma

Pronunciation:

Sentence: He was prefrending to know her

Etymology:

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Youwhoing

Created by: bozzerino

Pronunciation: yoo hoo ing

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Etymology: yoo hoo you who

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Distrame

Created by: Dormin87

Pronunciation: diss-tray-m

Sentence: Greg couldn't remember the name of his brother-in-law, so he used the old distrame technique.

Etymology: A combination of distract and name.

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Hugsheimers

Created by: DarthWader

Pronunciation: hugs hi mers

Sentence: As the the two women stared patiently at each other, Tom wrestled through hugsheimers to provide the requisite introductions.

Etymology: hugs (to embrace or squeeze in one's arms) + alzheimers (the most common cause of premature senility)

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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

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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!