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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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Alumnaut
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: A-lum-nawt
Sentence: MySpace the banal frontier. John was so lonely that he spent numerous hours a day searching any social url he could think of trying to find names that seemed familiar. He was a perpetual Alumnaut. Even when he found someone, they rarely, if ever, remembered him.
Etymology: Alumni: a graduate or former student + Astronaut: a person who is trained to travel in (cyber?) space
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COMMENTS:
Who could possibly forget whats-his-name? - metrohumanx, 2008-09-01: 08:51:00
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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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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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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".
Reunidiotion
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: ree-yoon-id-ee-uht-yuhn
Sentence: Because he was bored, he poked her back and accepted her friend request. He realised that she would take this as his reunidiotion so to annoy her he posted her grad picture which was the most horrendous thing ever.
Etymology: reunion + idiot
Flagramigize
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: flay-gruh-mee-guize, verb; flay-gruh-mee-goe, noun
Sentence: "What a flagramigo," Tiffany thought, "Wasn't he always that way?" Brent had just dissed her royally as he worked his way around the old high school gym. But, she had been prepared for him earlier, when she saw him flagramigizing almost every chick in the room.At least his abuse of her had only been verbal. All night long she had seen him "accidently" bumping into and spilling drinks on those he was attracted to. She was so thankful for the book called "The Beauty of Boundaries" she had just read.
Etymology: As a verb: from flagrant, meaning consipicuously offensive + amigo, Spanish for friend; noun: flagramigo, meaning a person who is a conspicuously offensive "friend."
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COMMENTS:
What an unusual combination. Hilarious sentence, RW! :) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-03: 09:02:00
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Hasbeenstalk
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: has/been/stock
Sentence: Jack just couldn't live in the present and became a hasbeenstalk(er). His mother accused him of living in a fairy tale but he assured her that one day he would live happily ever after.
Etymology: has been (behind the times) + stalk (hunt or pursue) + Jack and the Beanstalk
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
Deadendfriend
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: dedd-end-frend
Sentence: Is it socially acceptable to block a deadendfriend on every social network I have an account with?
Etymology: Dead end, (no opportunity for advancement) + friend.
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