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A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge.
"In 1924 she published a short memoir of her husband."
memoir by paranoid046 November 5, 2013
Words you can keep
- 한국어 ( Korean )
1. (특히 유명인의) 회고록

2. (어떤 사람・장소・사건을 잘 아는 사람이 쓴) 전기체험기/회상록
- 영어 ( English )
A biography or historical account, esp one based on personal knowledge
Her book is a memoir about living in the country.
- 그녀의 책은 한국의 삶을 적은 회고록이다.
memoir by 퓨처 November 22, 2016
hey u remind me of {memoir}.
memoir by faceoftheweb May 4, 2023

memoir moment 

When a tragic or insightful life experience causes a writer to think "I could write about this," and subsequently "That's awful/narcissistic. Why would I think that?" It seems that the whole thought process should invalidate the experience's potential as writing fodder but can instead make for a nice modernist moment in which the author's role is explicitly recognized.
MOTHER: "Maurice died."
WRITER: "Oh, that's terrible."
WRITER'S BRAIN: (What luck! My strange and unique relationship with this person will make for a compelling chapter in my yet-to-be-written memoir!)
WRITER'S HEART: (You are a bastard.)
WRITER'S BRAIN: (I know. What a memoir moment.)
WRITER'S BALLS: (Write about it anyway.)
MOTHER: "Have you been taking your medication?"
WRITER: "Huh?"

personal memoir 

A writing about an important event of ones life, a highlight
My humanities teacher made me write a personal memoir for homework!!

Red Scarf Girl is a personal memoir of when the author was living during the culteral revolution.
personal memoir by c___j93 February 16, 2006

Vagina Memoir 

When a guy goes into graphic details of an ex female partner depicting her vagina to his friends.
Guy: So I was with this girl last night and we started some freaky shit. Guy2: yo bro I don't need to hear her vagina memoir.
Vagina Memoir by missym December 14, 2014

memory wipe 

A real dumb ass, someone who doesn't get it, as if they've lost their mind.
You know not what you speak of, memory wipe.
memory wipe by WordMan1965 March 31, 2014
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