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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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Regoonion

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ree goo nyun

Sentence: It was during the 10 yearly regoonion, that he realised that he had been wrong to choose the "interesting" people to hang with.

Etymology: reunion, goon.

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Great! I can identify with that word. - Scrumpy, 2007-10-01: 09:31:00

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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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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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Masonostalgimeet

Created by: Nettle

Pronunciation: may-so-nos-tal-gee-meet

Sentence: Mary shook her head as she watched Alex searching for people on Facebook. His periodically rose-tinted view of his school days had driven him to masonostalgimeeting again, a path filled with nothing but the painful memories of past humiliation.

Etymology: masochism + nostalgia + meet, although I've twisted the meaning of masochism a little bit because masonostalgimeeting is rarely the kind of pain anybody's going to enjoy.

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Archaestalkogist

Created by: mchristof

Pronunciation: ar-kay-stalk-o-jist

Sentence: I haven't seen her in years, but now she shows up everywhere I go like some archaestalkogist.

Etymology: Archaeologist - student of the past, usually in reference to human history and culture. Stalker - individual who fixates on another person, following them and often documenting their activities all while attempting to get their attention.

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Peeplechase

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: people-chase

Sentence: Leanna had faced a number of hurdles along the way. Her computer had crashed when she added the Friendster ap and 6 of her ex-friends from school had blocked her friend requests. But she now had a grand total of 630 'friends' in her social network and felt that her peeplechase had been a huge success.

Etymology: steeplechase (a foot race run on a cross-country course or over a course having obstacles, as ditches, hurdles, or the like, which the runners must clear) + peeps (as in people)

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COMMENTS:

MrDave2176 I keep imagining little marshmallow chicks jumping over wicker hurdles when I see this word. - MrDave2176, 2007-10-01: 13:29:00

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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

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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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Nonchalhaunt

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: non + shall + ont

Sentence: I nonchalhaunted a few people I went to school with... maybe I'll get together with them, maybe not.

Etymology: nonchalant + haunt

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Reminoogie

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: rem - uh - new - gee

Sentence: Farleigh loved to go to reunions and other kinds of gatherings of old friends just to reminoogie former antagonists, and he delighted in delivering verbal jibes, or 'noogies', with sarcastic remarks disguised as compliments.

Etymology: Blend of 'reminisce' (to recall past experiences, events, etc.; indulge in reminiscence) and 'noogie' (an aggressive poke or rub with the knuckles on another's head (etc.) as a gesture of affection or annoyance)

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metrohumanx Hah hah hah! Good fusion, M! - metrohumanx, 2008-09-01: 08:42:00

Funny! - TJayzz, 2008-09-01: 10:15:00

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Comments:

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