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[miss-daizy.livejournal.com]

lethonomia (n)


1. A tendency to forget names.
2. The inability to recall the right name.

Etymology

Latin: letho lie hidden, secret; forgetfulness, forget, inactive through forgetfulness; + nomine name

Usage:

My husband's lethonomia is so severe he often brings crib sheets to family gatherings.

Comments

[stoda.livejournal.com]

Ooog. So there's a name for what I have.

... which I can now promptly forget.

[rainbow-yarn.livejournal.com]

Huzzah for there being a word for this... do you, by any chance, read Diana Wynne Jones?

[miss-daizy.livejournal.com]

I haven't yet but she's on my list. I think my daughter has "So You Want to Be a Wizard" somewhere in her mad pile of books. Why?

[rainbow-yarn.livejournal.com]

One of her staple characters is plagued with lethonomia. Or rather, I think he encourages it himself...

[nerdfury.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I have this terribly. It doesn't help that in the course of seeing live bands, I meet new people every week!