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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.
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Faceirk
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fāsərk
Sentence: As a member of the class reunion planning committee Diane is fielding quite a few new requests to be ”friends”. She has had to block more people than a halfback as her irritating former classmates faceirk her with the details of their politics and/or boring lives.
Etymology: face (the front part of a person\'s head from the forehead to the chin) irk (irritate; annoy) a play on facebook
Onleinenstalken
Created by: jimtastic
Pronunciation: on-LINE-en-stalken
Sentence: While onleinenstalken in his underpants on a Saturday night from the computer in his bedroom in his mom’s basement, Jeremy finally found the girl that left the company four years ago on MySpace and sent her a creepy “I miss you” message.
Etymology: A Finnish phrase - now popular in many internet cafes located just below the arctic circle - derived from the English phrase "Online Stalker".
Acqheymantance
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: acq - "HEY MAN" - tance
Sentence: When Raul went back to his 30yr reunion it was filled with all sorts of acqheymantances, afterwards he was even calling his wife "buddy" and his son "chief".
Etymology: Acquaintance - "Hey Man" which is a standard greeting for those you know you should know but can't remember their names (see also dude, chief, buddy, guy, boss, you!)
Palasite
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: paləsīt
Sentence: Sometimes being a nice guy has its drawbacks. It can entice palasites. I know that sounds like some kind of royal gemstone but is is really a royal pain. Palasites are socially-inept people (dorks) who have decided you are their friend for something as simple as calling them by their given name instead of the commonly-adopted moniker of **Get away from me, you idiot**. You thought you were done with them when you graduated high school but now he found you on Facebook. Ignore! Ignore! Ignore!
Etymology: pal (friend) + (an organism that lives in or on another organism [its host] and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host*s expense)
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COMMENTS:
like it - galwaywegian, 2010-01-29: 08:09:00
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Cacheualocate
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.
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COMMENTS:
"Queryquarry"- great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-01: 18:09:00
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Dejadupe
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: deja/dupe
Sentence: Joe was a victim and total loser in high school and fifteen years has passed. He discovered Face-Book and began seeking out and contacting "old friendships and acquaintances" only to find he was dejaduping himself and renewing hostilities toward himself.
Etymology: DEJADUPE - verb - from DEJA VU (an impression of having seen, or experienced something before) + DUPE (a person who is easily deceived, or victimized)
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COMMENTS:
Cutting and concise....good word, S.O. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-02: 12:31:00
Nice word - vmalcolm, 2008-09-03: 12:50:00
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Hasbeenstalker
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: has/been/stock/ur
Sentence: Jack just couldn’t live in the present and became a hasbeenstalker. His mother accused him of living in a fairy tale but he assured her that one day he would live happily ever after. Eventually he got a job at he supermarket stocking day old beans.
Etymology: has been (behind the times) + stalk (hunt or pursue) + Jack and the Beanstalk
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COMMENTS:
heh - galwaywegian, 2008-09-01: 07:34:00
Like IS like a beanstalk, isn't it? - metrohumanx, 2008-09-01: 08:41:00
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Nostannoy
Created by: ethan1
Pronunciation: NAHST-annoy
Sentence: Hey, I think that guy getting on the bus works out at our gym. Hope he's not going to be a nostannoy.
Etymology: Nostalgia + annoy
Peergurgitate
Created by: kerryb
Pronunciation: peer-gur-ji-teyt
Sentence: I found it strange that I had wanted to peergurgitate with so many facebook members.
Etymology: peer-a familiar person or colleague regurgitate-to revisit and expel something that is unwanted.
Comments:
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 !
Today's definition was suggested by OZZIEBOB. Thank you OZZIEBOB. ~ James