forgettery

[ fer-get-uh-ree ]

noun

1. a faculty or facility for forgetting; faulty memory:

   a witness with a very convenient forgettery.

Word History and Origins

Origin of forgettery¹

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; forget + -ery

Example Sentences

"That's all right; Betty has an excellent forgettery."

From Project Gutenberg

Grapevine offers the following much needed terms: algorhythm: a restrained style of dancing peculiar to advanced yuppies allegorey: a fanciful tale about growing up in Carthage, Tenn. arsenior: a longtime Carson fan who frequently suffers from Lenopathy forgettery: the opposite of memory, the tendency to draw blanks on information once known, made popular recently by Ronald Reagan perotgative: the right of Texas billionaires to quit when the going gets tough Dan Quayle is hardly the first Vice President to become a political liability for his boss.

From Time Magazine Archive

Americans are usually gentler and more metaphorical than some other peoples in consigning their public figures to forgettery.

From Time Magazine Archive

On too rare occasions, the newsmakers themselves step before the cameras: Kefauver dueling with a faceless Frank Costello, John McClellan patiently at work on Teamster Jimmy Hoffa and his voluble forgettery.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hoffa himself never took the Fifth, but he displayed what one Senator called "the best forgettery of anyone I have ever known."

From Time Magazine Archive