The experience of having a significant epiphany about
one'
s life only to immediately forget it.
A conflation of the words epiphany + amnesia.
Origins
epiphany: Middle English epiphanie, from Anglo-French, from
Late Latin epiphania, from
Late Greek, plural, probably alteration of Greek epiphaneia appearance, manifestation.
amnesia: New Latin, from Greek amnēsia forgetfulness, alteration of amnēstia