English

Romnesia

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

A blend of Romney ‘Mitt Romney’ + amnesia

Latin rumen ‘gullet’

Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to remember, think’

Proto-Indo-European *mneh₂- ‘to remind’

Ancient Greek μιμνήσκω ‘to remind, to remember’

Ancient Greek ἀμνησία ‘forgetfulness’

Latin amnesia

Today it means

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

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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