Vote for the best verboticism.

'Wow, you haven't changed since high school!'

DEFINITION: v., To seek out old acquaintances even though you never really knew them that well, or liked them very much, in the first place. n. An old and unwanted friend who has suddenly reappeared.

Create | Read

Verboticisms

Click on each verboticism to read the sentences created by the Verbotomy writers, and to see your voting options...

You have two votes. Click on the words to read the details, then vote your favorite.

Reminoyance

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛməˈnɔɪəns/

Sentence: The urge for reminoyance can be hopeful (e.g. hoping that the school hottie has gotten nicer, is still attractive, and is now single) or pitiful (e.g. hoping that the ugly dork who asked you out hasn't gotten meaner, is now attractive, and is still single).

Etymology: From annoyance + reminiscence

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

Not to be confused with reminimosity (e.g. wanting to see which fast food joint the jock who bullied you ended up at) or reminipentance (e.g. wanting to see which software company the dork you bullied is now the CEO of). - ErWenn, 2007-10-01: 09:50:00

Superb! I particularly like the companion suite of words. Reminimosity is something I've engaged in myself... - Nettle, 2007-10-01: 09:56:00

Great effort-some great words - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-01: 18:23:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Panaseeya

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: pan/a/see/ya

Sentence: Panaseeya is a common occurence in a middle age crisis.

Etymology: pan (as in Peter)+ see ya + panacea

| Comments and Points

Refrenemy

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: re fren emee

Sentence: When Janet met Brad again at the reunion, she realized he had become a refrenemy. He not only hated her hair and her dress style, (She was sure the invitations stated retro 80's look, so as people could recognize each other) but he also was still an older but more judgmental geek. It was when she caught him making out with Sue (she of the Just Sue Me! fame) that she realized he was just "Desparately Seeking Susan" and not really into the fact that she was Madonna's personal assistant! Loser!

Etymology: Re-friend (a person with whom you are re-acquainted) & Enemy (a hostile individual, not in your support group)

| Comments and Points

Mingleberry

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: min gull berreeeee

Sentence: these reunions were always the same, the good looking ones were either insufferable show offs or drunkards, leaving the desperate and the mingleberries.

Etymology: mingle, as in social interaction, dingleberry as in a hard piece of poo hanging onto a butt cheek.

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

petaj mmm, i have a picture in my mind - petaj, 2010-01-29: 05:38:00

You certainly get to the bottom of the issue! - Nosila, 2010-01-29: 10:38:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Ruefacebook

DrWebsterIII

Created by: DrWebsterIII

Pronunciation: ˈrü 'ˈfās ˈbu̇k

Sentence: Bobby had also ruefacebooked before the reunion, which bolstered his archetypal disdain for some of his former classmates

Etymology: RUE (regret) + Facebook (a social tool to for connection or to reconnect or spy)! Maybe you've heard of it

| Comments and Points

Cacheualocate

MrDave2176

Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: cash-u-el-O-cate

Sentence: Mark was bored so he hopped on Google in an attempt to cacheualocate his old high school drug buddies to kill a weekend with. He did manage to bullseyedent one but his MySpace page said he was "Born again" so he was out. Another one Mark managed to interneterrogate had managed to get busted in another state and was serving time. But his last queryquarry was still single and was still living with his parents according to his AdultFriendFinder profile. Interneterrogate: To do deep queries for a specific person on the Internet. Queryquarry: the subject of an interneterrogation. Bullseyedent: Find your queryquarry through interneterrogation.

Etymology: Cache (a store of something) + casual (in the sense of not a deep aquaintance or friend) + locate.

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

"Queryquarry"- great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-01: 18:09:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Refound

Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: re/found

Sentence: Having just been dumped by Tony, Jenna searched high and low for her yearbook! "Who was that guy," she thought, "The one who would drool as I sat in front of him in homeroom?" She frantically flipped pages, cell phone in one hand, google page up and ready. This was nothing new as she was known to start most of her relationships while on the refound.

Etymology: word play with rebound...but of course... :)

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

metrohumanx Simple yet elegant, Lumina. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-02: 12:28:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Snobrelating

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Snob-ree-late-ing

Sentence: She knew she had risen above them but couldnt help indulging in a bit of snobrelating with the riffraff

Etymology: Snob - relate

| Comments and Points

Trigangulate

Created by: ScrabbledEgg

Pronunciation: try-gang-yoo-layt

Sentence: He googled every name he could remember, in an effort to trigangulate the whereabouts of his old classmates.

Etymology: triangulate + gang

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

This is a fantastic word for a slightly different definition. - ErWenn, 2007-10-01: 09:54:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Reminoogie

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: rem - uh - new - gee

Sentence: Farleigh loved to go to reunions and other kinds of gatherings of old friends just to reminoogie former antagonists, and he delighted in delivering verbal jibes, or 'noogies', with sarcastic remarks disguised as compliments.

Etymology: Blend of 'reminisce' (to recall past experiences, events, etc.; indulge in reminiscence) and 'noogie' (an aggressive poke or rub with the knuckles on another's head (etc.) as a gesture of affection or annoyance)

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

metrohumanx Hah hah hah! Good fusion, M! - metrohumanx, 2008-09-01: 08:42:00

Funny! - TJayzz, 2008-09-01: 10:15:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Show All or More...

 

Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-01: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by OZZIEBOB and Karuma. Thank you OZZIEBOB and Karuma! ~ James

Nettle - 2007-10-01: 08:42:00
I've done exactly this myself. It rarely seems to lead to anything good, other than the occasional moment of smug satisfaction which comes from knowing that you're much more successful than the people who used to bully you at school (but it's not really satisfaction, because didn't you know, deep down, that they'd never amount to anything anyway?)

galwaywegian - 2008-09-01: 07:42:00
like it !

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-01-29: 00:05:00
Today's definition was suggested by OZZIEBOB. Thank you OZZIEBOB. ~ James