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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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Anonygrope

Created by: kittreb

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Memoralysis

librarygrrrl

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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- fashionista, 2006-12-28: 15:51:00

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Mismoniker

carlcollins

Created by: carlcollins

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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)

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Stallthink

Created by: Acostell

Pronunciation: Stall-Think

Sentence: 'I need to stallthink this one, she's on the tip of my tongue.'

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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

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Prefrend

Created by: remkoduursma

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Sentence: He was prefrending to know her

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Aquaintnesia

Created by: MrLint

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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.

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Tonguetipitis

Created by: POKETNRJSH

Pronunciation: tongue-tip-itis

Sentence: I know her face, but I have a case of tonguetipitis.

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Tituloosh

Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: title-yoosh

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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!