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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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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")

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Stallinom

Created by: skelk

Pronunciation:

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Blankello

ubgrud

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"

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Mornace

Created by: RyxEuclie

Pronunciation: Morn-Ace

Sentence:

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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)

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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

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Nonamory

Peppie

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"

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Namnesia

Created by: Hilary

Pronunciation: cross between name and amnesia.

Sentence: I'm sorry, I can't recall your name- I've got namnesia.

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Salutamnesia

Created by: ahwinters

Pronunciation: sal-oot-am-knee-ja

Sentence: Cristie's shifting eyes betrayed her salutamnesia.

Etymology: saltue + amnesia

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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!