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I am looking for a word that describes a situation where you cannot place somebody outside original context of meeting that person. Not a medical condition like prosopamnesia or prosopagnosia. Just one of those situations where the identity of the person is beyond your memory for some reason. Appreciate your help!

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Selective amnesia might fit but not very well

http://onelook.com/?w=*%3Acannot+recall&ls=a

http://onelook.com/?w=*%3Aselective+recall&ls=a

http://onelook.com/?w=*%3Avague+memory&ls=a


Suspect it's one of those concepts for which there's no exact term, as in

http://wordsmith.org/board/ubbthreads.php/topics/187679/Need_adjective#Post187679


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smile Dale, there is a birthday cake with candles on board for you. Congratulations. You haven't forgotten, have you?

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Why, thank you Bran, Buff


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