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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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Hootherhug

petaj

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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Hidentify

Created by: r0b0tj0n3z

Pronunciation: high-dent-if-eye

Sentence: Sharon struggled to hidentify her old friend.

Etymology: hi, identify

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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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Dejawho

Created by: loofarama

Pronunciation: deja who

Sentence: i know i'd seen her before i just couldn't remember. i must be having deja who

Etymology: deja vu + who

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Embarrace

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: emm barr ais

Sentence: He held her in his usual embarrace, frantically searching innhis memory banks for a matching memory of her sound, scent, shape of her ears, nose or butt, anything that might trigger a memory.

Etymology: embrace, embarrass,

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COMMENTS:

that's quite a close embarrace - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-11: 16:18:00

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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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Ummism

Created by: mysti

Pronunciation: ummm-izm

Sentence: Oh no, I hope I don't suffer from ummism when I meet up with my old friends.

Etymology: Someone might use the word 'umm' when they are not sure what else to say

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Forfriendfulness

Lapper

Created by: Lapper

Pronunciation: for-FRIEND-full-ness

Sentence: Amy entered the room of her old classmates and knew that with her forfriendfulness, she would have to trick people into letting their names into the conversation.

Etymology: Forgetfulness and friends

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Aroteamp

Created by: onetwothree

Pronunciation: arrow-tee-am-p

Sentence:

Etymology:

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