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misremember

To remember incorrectly or mistakenly.

It sounds stupid and made-up, but it's appeared in text dating from the 17th century, and has been used by Jonathan Swift, Thomas Jefferson, John Locke, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
"I may misremember indifferent circumstances, but can be right in substance. " -Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Cabel Breckenridge, 1821
misremember by tehratfink December 14, 2009

Dismember 

To but the limbs off of or vivisect a person.
He lunged forward with his sword, dismembering the other warrior.
Dismember by Lichdom January 2, 2012

misremembering

The word a guilty person uses when they can not give a straight answer in an attempt to try to mislead or fool the authorites.
Man, Roger Clements needs to hire a new lawyer if all they can come up with is misremembering. That is almost like tellling the cop last night that the beer in the car was my friend's.
misremembering by johnnyaq February 13, 2008

misremembered 

To forget the lie you told 3 months ago.
Roger Clemens "misremembered" the fact that he shot HGH into his own body.
misremembered by LUAP WILLIAMS February 13, 2008

misremembered 

Word best used when trying to protect your 7 time Cy Young Award winning ass from commiting perjury as well as protecting a strong friendship with your back stabbing teammate.
Andy, my best friend in the whole wide wide world must have "misremembered" the friendly conversation we had when he stated that I shot up my lying ass with the Juice till it looked like a giant cauliflower. All I said was that I liked cauliflower and that it would be great if I could just inject it into my ass since it would save time from all that chewing. Then I could spend more time making sure my wife wasn't lifting her skirt so that my geeky trainer can give her his own Growth Hormone. But that's Andy. He was my friend, is my friend, and will always be my friend.

misremember

A word in use since 1533 meaning "to have an imperfect memory of." Also, one of the best recent examples of a mob of ignorant yokels with no recognizable proficiency in the English language criticizing a Yale grad's vocabulary.
"I misremembered her name, so she misremembered her number."
misremember by Definnovator February 14, 2009