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When you forget someone's name while you are introducing them to someone else so you can figure out what the other person's name is, since you've forgotten that too.
Natalie: Hey Tom!
Tom: Hey..!
Natalie: Remember me?
Tom: Of course I do. Oh, I want you to meet someone, Uh. This is.. Shit guys, I'm sorry, I just totally had Namenesia. I'm really, really bad with names.
namenesia by Echolaelia September 4, 2005
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The inability to remember anyone's name.
Unfortunately, I won't remember your name as I suffer from Namenesia.
Namenesia by SnoozePoop December 27, 2019
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napnesia 

When you wake up from a nap and have momentary memory loss. The person affected may temporarily forget what day/time it is, where they are, and is generally disoriented.
Dude, when I woke up this afternoon I had no idea what planet I was on. Worst napnesia ever!
napnesia by planetsnorth July 7, 2009

Nameesha 

Beautiful and Bad-ass girl that doesn't listen to hate
Hey, Nameesha! How are you?
Nameesha by N.Mikaelson June 25, 2021

nomnesia 

Is when you realize you've eatten something a few minutes ago, but have no idea of what or how much. Happens when eating while distracted, i.e. watching TV or while talking to a friend who is playing a videogame in front of you.

A waking person's version of sleep eating.
Girl 1: Did you hear that Amy Winehouse fainted again last week? Colin says she has lung cancer

Girl 2: Let me just finish my lunch here or i'll have nomnesia again and put on another 5lbs. This chicken salad is so good, i have to will myself not to get seconds
nomnesia by mrhazrd June 1, 2009

gamenesia 

The act of returning to a game you haven't played in an extended period of time and having completely forgotten how to play, how your abilities work, what you're supposed to be doing. or all of the above.
Person 1: Man, it has been so long since I last played World of Warcraft that I have no idea what I'm doing.

Person 2: sounds like you've got a case of gamenesia.
gamenesia by chaosweapon1 December 7, 2015
Inability or slowness to recall peoples' names. Especially in the case of names that you should be able to remember because you see the person more than occasionally. A variation of namesia is always wanting to call someone by a different name because they remind you of someone else (see "clonesia").
At the family reunion, I was embarrassed that my namesia prevented me from recalling my cousin's name.
namesia by Linwood May 4, 2009