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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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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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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.
Bragontact
Created by: Batavier
Pronunciation: Bragon-tact
Sentence: "I really don't like this guy, but I'm too polite to ignore him, so I'd better add him to my contactlist", said John to his girlfriend. "Be sure to put him in the Bragontact group then, so we don't accidentily invite him for our wedding", she replied.
Etymology: Brag + contact
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".
Friendfreakquest
Created by: joelb
Pronunciation: frend-FREEK-kwest
Sentence: I friendfreakquested that girl who I sat behind in grade seven. She still wore her mothers old outfits and smelled like vanilla from ten feet away.
Etymology: friend request + freak
Snobrelating
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Snob-ree-late-ing
Sentence: She knew she had risen above them but couldnt help indulging in a bit of snobrelating with the riffraff
Etymology: Snob - relate
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
Acquainthunts
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: ah-kwaint-hunts
Sentence: the arrival of Google, Myspace and Facebook have made acquainthunts easier than ever.
Etymology: acquaintence, hunt
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COMMENTS:
Clever! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-01: 09:29:00
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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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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
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