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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.
Verboticisms
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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
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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Archaestalkogist
Created by: mchristof
Pronunciation: ar-kay-stalk-o-jist
Sentence: I haven't seen her in years, but now she shows up everywhere I go like some archaestalkogist.
Etymology: Archaeologist - student of the past, usually in reference to human history and culture. Stalker - individual who fixates on another person, following them and often documenting their activities all while attempting to get their attention.
Lackquaintance
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lak kwayn tans
Sentence: When Cyndi went to her high school reunion, she still dressed in her best 80's attire. Of course everyone else had dressed in modern day fashions, including the guy she always had a crush on...Seymour Modes. Seymour was now a Magazine Editor and tres moderne! As she later told her geeky friends who were too scared to go to the reunion, she and Seymour had a relationship whereby they were each's lackquaintance. As the night and free booze wore on, they found a cozy corner to re-lackquaint themselves. Luckily it worked out for them. They are now an item and she writes a great retro column for his magazine and he dresses more and more with an eighties influence. Their acquaintenceship no longer lacks anything!
Etymology: Lack ( the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; be without) & Acquaintance (a relationship less intimate than friendship;personal knowledge or information about someone or something)
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COMMENTS:
heh - galwaywegian, 2010-01-29: 08:08:00
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Dejadupe
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: deja/dupe
Sentence: Tommy was a victim and total loser in high school and fifteen years has passed. He discovered Face-Book and began dejaduping his way through all the names seeking old friendships and acquaintances to renew hostilities toward himself.
Etymology: deja vu + dupe
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
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COMMENTS:
This is a fantastic word for a slightly different definition. - ErWenn, 2007-10-01: 09:54:00
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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
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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
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Pastsociate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: past so she ayt
Sentence: At the high school reunion, there was something vaguely familiar to Gary about the redhead in the eighties attire. When he read her nametag, "Bobbie", he knew she must be a pastsociate, but just could not place her. It was only after she spurned his offer of a drink together that he remembered her as Robert, the bully from Music Appreciation Class. Talk about a stereo-type becoming a faux-know gaffe!
Etymology: Past (earlier than the present time; no longer current)& Associate (Acquaintance;a relationship less intimate than friendship)
Regoonion
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ree goo nyun
Sentence: It was during the 10 yearly regoonion, that he realised that he had been wrong to choose the "interesting" people to hang with.
Etymology: reunion, goon.
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COMMENTS:
Great! I can identify with that word. - Scrumpy, 2007-10-01: 09:31:00
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Reunionsult
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: re-YUNE-yin-sult
Sentence: Germond loved to go back to his hometown each year to meet up with old classmates, and he'd invariably seek out his former detractors to hammer them with reunionsults and to boast about the great success he'd achieved in his life.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'reunion' and 'insult'.
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