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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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Acqheymantance
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: acq - "HEY MAN" - tance
Sentence: When Raul went back to his 30yr reunion it was filled with all sorts of acqheymantances, afterwards he was even calling his wife "buddy" and his son "chief".
Etymology: Acquaintance - "Hey Man" which is a standard greeting for those you know you should know but can't remember their names (see also dude, chief, buddy, guy, boss, you!)
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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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
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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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
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
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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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.
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.
Tracehellement
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Treis-hell-E-ment
Sentence: Bob, googled and gazette-gawped, hoping to find Trixy, who friends said had turned, since school days, from a termagant to a "ten" But, finally, when the folketchup took place, there was nothing saucy about her. Trixy was an "aghast from the past." Bob, blunderstruck and aghasthenic, conceded that the whole episode had been a total tracehellement. He vowed that he would never allow himself to tracehellementate again.
Etymology: Blend of trace & hell & element. element:one of the facts in the enquiry. Folketchup=folkatchup. Aghasthenic: weakened by surprize and horror.
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COMMENTS:
Great word and sentence OZ! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-01: 09:28:00
you always get my vote for your sentences - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-01: 12:24:00
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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