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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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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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Heyyounited

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: hay-yoo-ni-ted

Sentence: When Bob was heyyounited with the pretty blonde he had slept with ten years ago, he lost all chances of getting another date.

Etymology: hey you (greeting used when you can't remember someone's name), reunited

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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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Whoisitize

Created by: alex26

Pronunciation: hoo-IZ-uh-tyze

Sentence: While the old lady was giving me a hug, I was desparately whoisitizing her to no avail.

Etymology: From "who is it?"

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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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Hidentify

Created by: r0b0tj0n3z

Pronunciation: high-dent-if-eye

Sentence: Sharon struggled to hidentify her old friend.

Etymology: hi, identify

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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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Shargot

Created by: weareallbeautiful

Pronunciation: sh-ay-r-g-aw-t

Sentence: Meggy felt soooooo uncomfortable as she and everyone else in the room tried to remember each other's names.

Etymology: share+forgot

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Likeemphisis

Created by: smartperson

Pronunciation: like-em-fis-sis

Sentence: i have likeemphisis abot you.

Etymology:

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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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