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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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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)
Peeplechase
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: people-chase
Sentence: Leanna had faced a number of hurdles along the way. Her computer had crashed when she added the Friendster ap and 6 of her ex-friends from school had blocked her friend requests. But she now had a grand total of 630 'friends' in her social network and felt that her peeplechase had been a huge success.
Etymology: steeplechase (a foot race run on a cross-country course or over a course having obstacles, as ditches, hurdles, or the like, which the runners must clear) + peeps (as in people)
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COMMENTS:
I keep imagining little marshmallow chicks jumping over wicker hurdles when I see this word. - MrDave2176, 2007-10-01: 13:29:00
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Ruefacebook
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
Faceshnook
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: face-shnook
Sentence: Having nothing better to do that day, Bob began to faceshnook all his old classmates, leaving derogatory comments on their pages, such as "Aren't you the "Before" picture in that Jenny Craig ad?"
Etymology: facebook, shnook
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COMMENTS:
heeeheeeheee! - galwaywegian, 2007-10-01: 06:35:00
Excellent Purp! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-01: 09:32:00
Best example sentence ever. - Nettle, 2007-10-01: 09:52:00
Great word and sentence. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-01: 18:13:00
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Socialnetjerk
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: so-shul-net-jerk
Sentence: Tom was a socialnetjerk. He had no life or real friends, so he spent countless hours finding old classmates on facebook and sending them friend requests, ihearts and farmville invitations, proving that he was still a dork after 15 years.
Etymology: social network: facebook, myspace - a place to meet and interact with friends on the internet + jerk: foolish, rude or contemptible person
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 and renewing old 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)
Pasthole
Created by: hellohime
Pronunciation: pas'hole
Sentence: You got a phone call from John Smith? What did that pasthole want?
Etymology: a blend of "past" and "@55hole", someone from your past that you never really cared for but for somereason, later in life, they seek you out for either friendship or because they need something from you.
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COMMENTS:
Truly humorous ! - DrWebsterIII, 2012-11-01: 17:34:00
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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.
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COMMENTS:
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
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Abberrassociate
Created by: Kevcom2
Pronunciation: uh/burgh/uh/sose/ee/eight
Sentence: I happened to stumble upon an old abberrassociate at the mall the other day. She was wearing the same outlandish clothes that she used to wear in high school.
Etymology: Aberrant - weird; associate - aquaintance.
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... :)
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COMMENTS:
Simple yet elegant, Lumina. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-02: 12:28:00
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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