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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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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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Anonymugs

Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Uh-nohn-uh-mugs

Sentence: After 20 years, the family reunion was festooned with dozens of anonymugs I hadn't seen in years, although they had no trouble remembering me.

Etymology: Anonymous(no name)+mugs(facial)

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COMMENTS:

pretty good! - weareallbeautiful, 2007-07-11: 17:06:00

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Memorafeeblia

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: memor/ah/feeb/lia

Sentence: Memorafeeblia always hits him at the most awkward times - hopefully a wide smile and lots of nodding will get him through.

Etymology: memorabilia + feeble + memory

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COMMENTS:

Not to be confused with the fish that school around geriatric sharks: remorafeeblia. ;)) Good one, Jabs! - Kyoti, 2007-07-11: 18:12:00

petaj Those remora are there for the food. They should be remorafeedlia - petaj, 2007-07-12: 03:11:00

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Incognize

Created by: administraitor

Pronunciation: in-cog-neyes

Sentence: Many of her brain cells having lost the valiant struggle against Dom Perignon, Susan was forced to incognize most of the people she met, so successfully that everyone she called "Daahling" felt that they were best of friends.

Etymology: incognito + recognize

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COMMENTS:

Nice job, especially getting "incognito" in there. - Dboozer, 2007-07-11: 21:01:00

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Welcomnesiate

Created by: Dboozer

Pronunciation: (wel-cum-knee-zhee-ate)

Sentence: Barry welcomnesiated everyone at the family reunion before he finally realized he was at the wrong family reunion.

Etymology: welcome+amnesia+ate(verb)

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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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Likeemphisis

Created by: smartperson

Pronunciation: like-em-fis-sis

Sentence: i have likeemphisis abot you.

Etymology:

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Frots

Created by: missmurder

Pronunciation: frots

Sentence: The boy frots alot.

Etymology: forgets+alot

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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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