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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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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
Pasthole
Created by: hellohime
Pronunciation: pas'hole
Sentence: You got a phone call from John Smith? What did that pasthole want?
Etymology: a blend of "past" and "@55hole", someone from your past that you never really cared for but for somereason, later in life, they seek you out for either friendship or because they need something from you.
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COMMENTS:
Truly humorous ! - DrWebsterIII, 2012-11-01: 17:34:00
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Hasbeenstalk
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: has/been/stock
Sentence: Jack just couldn't live in the present and became a hasbeenstalk(er). His mother accused him of living in a fairy tale but he assured her that one day he would live happily ever after.
Etymology: has been (behind the times) + stalk (hunt or pursue) + Jack and the Beanstalk
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)
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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Reunidiotion
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: ree-yoon-id-ee-uht-yuhn
Sentence: Because he was bored, he poked her back and accepted her friend request. He realised that she would take this as his reunidiotion so to annoy her he posted her grad picture which was the most horrendous thing ever.
Etymology: reunion + idiot
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
Faceshnook
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: face-shnook
Sentence: Having nothing better to do that day, Bob began to faceshnook all his old classmates, leaving derogatory comments on their pages, such as "Aren't you the "Before" picture in that Jenny Craig ad?"
Etymology: facebook, shnook
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COMMENTS:
heeeheeeheee! - galwaywegian, 2007-10-01: 06:35:00
Excellent Purp! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-01: 09:32:00
Best example sentence ever. - Nettle, 2007-10-01: 09:52:00
Great word and sentence. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-01: 18:13:00
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Dejadupe
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: deja/dupe
Sentence: Joe was a victim and total loser in high school and fifteen years has passed. He discovered Face-Book and began seeking out and contacting "old friendships and acquaintances" only to find he was dejaduping himself and renewing hostilities toward himself.
Etymology: DEJADUPE - verb - from DEJA VU (an impression of having seen, or experienced something before) + DUPE (a person who is easily deceived, or victimized)
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COMMENTS:
Cutting and concise....good word, S.O. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-02: 12:31:00
Nice word - vmalcolm, 2008-09-03: 12:50:00
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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