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'But I only see her once a year'

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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Familanesia

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: fuh/mil/a/nee/zhuh

Sentence: "Hi! How are you two? How's everything?" What are their names? What are their names? Please mention your names. MEMORY WORK! MEMORY WORK!! MEMORY WORK!!! Another embarrassing case of familanesia making me feel uncomfortable again.

Etymology: familiar + amnesia

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Namnesia

Created by: MisUndrstd

Pronunciation: Nam-nee-zia

Sentence: My cousin Vinnie, suffering from namnesia, couldn't remember the name of our Sicilian cousin Guido. thus making family reunions, baptisms, weddings and funerals uncomfortable.

Etymology: Name+ Amnesia= Namnesia.

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COMMENTS:

haha - blondibabi121692, 2007-07-11: 22:51:00

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Welcummm

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: WEHL-kuhmmm

Sentence: Alex welcummmed his cousin Betty--or was it Jean?

Etymology: welcome + ummm (sound made when trying to remember)

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Created by: KristinA

Pronunciation: high-per-in-form-E-uh

Sentence: Thanks to John's hyperinformia, he can recite the complete installation instructions for his new garage door opener in English, Spanish, and French.

Etymology:

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Forggels

Created by: amysmiles2000

Pronunciation: for-gah-elles

Sentence: When I bumped into Peter last weekend at the reunion, it was ackward. I was forced in giving forggels until I could recall who this man.

Etymology: forged + huggles fake hugs

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Salwhotation

Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Sal-hyoo-tay-shun

Sentence: It was an awkward salwhotation when some creepy-looking man came running up and then hugging me. I cried, perplexedly, "Who are you!" as he hugged me in affection. I was mortified when 'he' exclaimed, "It's Janice, your sister!"

Etymology: Salutation (a greeting) + who (interrogative pronoun: what/which person)

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COMMENTS:

An uncomfortable sexchange of greetings followed. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-11: 09:55:00

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Hootherhug

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: who-the-hug

Sentence: As usual Bob stuck close to Betty to make use of her photographic memory. Nevertheless he could not entirely avoid hootherhugging a bunch of his trice-removed cousins that Betty had never met before.

Etymology: Who the heck are you? + hug

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COMMENTS:

If you found out that she used to be your wet nurse or your favourite waitress, would you give her a hooterhug? - galwaywegian, 2007-07-11: 06:52:00

is it a hoosierhug if they went to Indiana U or were that guy who also did lex luthor, what was his name... - jadenguy, 2007-07-11: 11:43:00

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Duhquaintance

Created by: jadenguy

Pronunciation: du kwayn tanse

Sentence: Though he led them well, casual nature led many to believe that he was perhaps disinterested in the System, but calling them Son and Daughter and passionately greeting them did much to dissuade the forming of such an opinion. How unpleased those closest to him would be if they understood that they were just duhquaintances.

Etymology: duh + acquaintance

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COMMENTS:

55 words. thanks for the suggestion mplsbohemian. - jadenguy, 2007-07-11: 11:28:00

oh, and i did a word for yesterday. i was just swamped yesterday! - jadenguy, 2007-07-11: 11:36:00

they probably loved Strawberry Duhaiquiris - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-11: 15:14:00

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Rosmin

Created by: rahullotli

Pronunciation: ros-min

Sentence: i m in rosmin

Etymology:

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cool - rahullotli, 2007-07-14: 14:02:00

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Hellowatsitphobia

Created by: realnutty01

Pronunciation: hello-what's-it-phobia

Sentence: Jim looked around and was filled with hellowatsitphobia at all the faces he knew but no names.

Etymology: hello- greeting. what is it- something you can not remember. phobia- a syndrome.

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