Cool! That’s good to know!
I think this is the right crowd for this anecdote; my uncle says he can’t remember anything, but neither can anyone he talks to of a similar age, so he’s just going to start making shit up now. 
I have this a lot, too. And I’m only 25. And my OCD makes it worse, because the word can’t come back until you stop thinking about it.
I was going to describe a specific word I always have trouble with, but I went and forgot it again. Wait, discrepancy. That’s it. Took me 15 seconds or so. Much better than most times I want to use it in a thread.
Yeah, that’s the guy! Good old whatizname.
I see what you did there, Herr Bach.
As for the OP’s missing word, I would’ve suggested “drowsing” or “drowsy.”
I’m 34 too, I too forget peoples names. What’s funny is that when my wife asks me who that guy or gal is in this movie, I get all locked up fearing I know who he or she is but I know I can’t come up with the name… it happens in an instant. Most of the time it takes a couple seconds to relax and spit out the name, others I have to sit and think even though I probably said his name a thousand time before. The same can be said when I’m singing a song I’ve sung hundreds of times and I’ll forget the lyrics, that was a problem since I was in my teens.
Ahhh, whatizname. I know a lot of those guys/girls.
Ah, hell. I college I used to refer to my long-term beau as “what’s his face, my boyfriend”.
Except that aphasia is the result of brain damage, and is a language disorder – not simply forgetting or having to reach for the occasional word. I’ve heard it described thus: it’s not forgetting the word “key,” it’s forgetting what the word “key” means.
My father would of refer to me and my brother as “Scott, Bob, Ralph, Jimmy, Joey… what’s your name?”
(Neither I or my brother is named Scott, Bob, Ralph, Jimmy, or Joey.)
My mom remembers that late in life her dad would, when he wanted one of the kids, call out, “Bobbysuziejohnnygracie!” and all of them were expected to come running. None of them bore any of those names. He would then point to the one he wanted. 
I was gonna suggest hypnagogic, jerk.
Oh sorry. Extra punctuation there.
I’m confused. I obviously can’t dispute that fugue state was the word KG was after, but the wiki page doesn’t seem to reconcile with what’s described in this thread.
Yep, I was going to say aphasia too but then I double-checked and saw the definition implies a pathological impairment.
However, aphasia is not necessarily semantic in nature.
A friend of mine was diagnosed with aphasia following a head trauma, and she does just complain of often not being able to find the right word.
Now I’m craving lasagna.
Yes. Post #9.
I’ve heard “fugue state” used in casual conversation a number of times, and it always refers to the psychiatric disorder. Obviously casual use is not going to rigidly comply with DSM-IV definitions of a fugue state, but colloquially, my experience with the usage would be something along the lines of meaning a general dissociative state, while “fugue state” is a more specific form of this involving reversible amnesia. Basically, it might be used in a non-clinical manner to describe someone who is in a sort of “possessed” state.
This totally makes me smile. My husband’s horrible with names, either for new acquaintances or big-blockbuster type movie stars. Of course, he’s also not so great at movie or show titles. He’s constantly saying, “you know, that one guy we like. He was in that one movie, you know, the one with the horses and the thing?” It’s a bit like verbal charades.
He’s 32.