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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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Familanesia
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: fuh/mil/a/nee/zhuh
Sentence: Familanesia strikes me often at this time of year at Christmas parties.
Etymology: familiar + amnesia
Hospiwhothehellity
Created by: babel
Pronunciation: hos-pee-who-the-hell-it-ee
Sentence: Trevor always found meeting Jane's friends required deep reserves of hospiwhothehellity.
Etymology: hospitality + who the hell
Stallahug
Created by: wishlish
Pronunciation: stal-a-hug
Sentence: I stallahugged her while trying to remember her name.
Etymology:
Chumoo
Created by: tbranson303
Pronunciation: chum-ew
Sentence: Ron chumooed me yesterday when we just went on a date last week.
Etymology:
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"
Mumblish
Created by: wordbird
Pronunciation: mumb-lish
Sentence: With all of the excitement at the front door, he was able to get away with Mumblish when he hugged aunt Harriet.
Etymology: mumble; English
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!