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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
Lackquaint
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lak waint
Sentence: After 20 years out of school, Dick decided to lackquaint himself with the people in his senior year. What on earth made him think that two decades would erase their memories of him? He had been Treasurer of the Chess Club, Ping-pong champion semi-finalist,Audio-Visual Co-ordinator, President of the Star Trek Fan Club, Secretary of the Slide-Rule Club and First-Aider Team Member. He had honors in Math, Science, Physics and Algebra, but had flunked Social Dance, Poetry Writing and Personal Hygiene & Development Class. Dick had not been popular at school, surprising considering his many achievements,and had no dates. He had had a crush on a cute redhead called Ruth, who was of course, a cheerleader, star of the school's musical production of "Bye, Bye, Birdie", drum majorette and President of the Future Stewardesses Club. If she knew Dick was alive or remotely interested, she never let on. She had later married the school football team's quarterback,Ned and lived the suburban dream. When the 20 year reunion day arrived, Dick was excited to meet all his old "friends" from high school and lackquaint himself again with them all, including Ruth. Arriving at the school's gaily decorated gymnasium, he was astounded to see that many had aged, the years had added pounds on everyone and bald or greying heads on paunchy men prevailed. One of these men was Ned and Dick was disturbed to learn that Ruth had left Ned after two years and three kids to run off and be a showgirl in Las Vegas. Yes, that reunion for Dick had been a Ruth-less one!
Etymology: lack (the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable;be without) & acquaint (cause to come to know personally;make familiar)& acquaintance (personal knowledge or information about someone or something; a person with whom you are acquainted;a relationship less intimate than friendship)
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COMMENTS:
Great mini-saga, babe! - metrohumanx, 2008-09-01: 08:44:00
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Sighschoolreunion
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sye skool ree ewe nyun
Sentence: His sighschoolreunion only proved to him how right he was to get out of town the moment he graduated.
Etymology: high school reunion, sigh
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COMMENTS:
So if he Face-booked some he'dbe a Sighbernaut?? Great Word, galwaywegian! - Nosila, 2008-09-02: 01:57:00
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-02: 05:58:00
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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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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.
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
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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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'.
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
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