foreign accent syndrome

a condition in which a person unwittingly speaks his/her language with a foreign accent, usually due to a disease such as migraine and stroke.

After recovering from a stroke, the Englishman began talking with an Irish accent. It is a case of foreign accent syndrome.

by uttam maharjan September 17, 2010

misoepy

mispronunciation.

'Vauum' is a misoepy of 'vacuum'.

by uttam maharjan December 27, 2010

ex-whiler

any one of the persons who have spent time together in the past.

A get-together of ex-whilers has been teed up at the seaside resort.

by uttam maharjan November 25, 2011

double barrel

a double-barrelled word.

The word ‘apparent’ is a double barrel. It could mean either ‘clear’ or ‘seeming’.

by uttam maharjan August 23, 2012

eclipse memory

Eclipse memory would denote a condition in which a person remembers something only vaguely or indistinctly. It is characterized by partial loss of memory and not by complete amnesia. It may be referred to as impaired or dim memory.

Dude, that guy could not completely remember what he was doing yesterday when we called at his house. As you know, he is has a problem with memory- an eclipse memory, to be precise.

by uttam maharjan January 22, 2010

eclipse memory

diminished memory.

He was diagnosed as having eclipse memory.

by uttam maharjan February 23, 2013

urban leprosy

haphazard development of a city, making it clumsy and inelegant.

For lack of city planning, the city has turned out to be an urban leprosy.

by uttam maharjan January 03, 2012