These are some mnemonics I came up with to help me to remember key words.
lobha is like lobster, which has claws that greedily grasp and cling,
and it hurts when it clings.
dosa is like "masala dosa", a name of a spicy indian dish that makes
your blood boil and make you feel hot, similar to anger
moha is like being stranded in the >>mojave<< desert so long you become
confused, start hallucinating like a deluded and confused person
raga?
when you're afflicted with 5 niivarana, you are far from nirvana (almost
an anagram)
worldlings want viagra , meditators prefer viiraga (anagram)
dukkha rhymes with sukha, but don't get confused by mixing sukha with
moha and raga so you end up losing sukkaa