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Romnesia

noun

Etymology

Blend of Romney (“Mitt Romney”) + amnesia.

  1. derived from ἀμνησία
  2. derived from amnesia
  3. compounded as romnesia — “Romney + amnesia”

Definitions

  1. A propensity to claim to have forgotten, or act like one has forgotten, one's past deeds…

    A propensity to claim to have forgotten, or act like one has forgotten, one's past deeds and political positions.

    • When the Boston Globe asked Mitt about the incident in 1994, he provided a classic mind-numbing “Romnesia” evasion: “I don't have any memory of what she is referring to, although I certainly can't say it could not have been me.”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA