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'Wow, you haven't changed since high school!'

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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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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Clever! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-01: 09:29:00

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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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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.

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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)

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Acqheymantance

Mrgoodtimes

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!)

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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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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'.

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Whycq

Created by: kearstin

Pronunciation: why-seek-you

Sentence: Sometimes when I am bored at work I will whycq and waste time looking for old crushes or cheerleaders - it makes me happy to know which ones got fat and which ones are in jail.

Etymology: why+seek+you a bad mashup that touches on the all important question one always asks AFTER contacting old acquaintances...why?

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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

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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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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-01: 00:01:00
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 !

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-01-29: 00:05:00
Today's definition was suggested by OZZIEBOB. Thank you OZZIEBOB. ~ James