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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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Eurathize
Created by: Divakar
Pronunciation: YER-a-thize
Sentence: It was obvious by his expression that John was eurathizing while catching up with his old friend Jill.
Etymology: urgir (french for "urgent" or "urgency")
Blankello
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: blahn-kell-oh
Sentence: "Hiiiii!!!" he blankelloed across the room. "It's been so long!"
Etymology: blank - to draw one ello - from "hello"
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: 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
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:
Salutamnesia
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: sal-oot-am-knee-ja
Sentence: Cristie's shifting eyes betrayed her salutamnesia.
Etymology: saltue + 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!