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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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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

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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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This is a fantastic word for a slightly different definition. - ErWenn, 2007-10-01: 09:54:00

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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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metrohumanx Cutting and concise....good word, S.O. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-02: 12:31:00

vmalcolm Nice word - vmalcolm, 2008-09-03: 12:50:00

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Frenemize

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: freh-neh-mize

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Googleum

Created by: LoftyDreamer

Pronunciation: What else do you do when you want to find out the arrest records, embarrassing moments, and dismal failings of people you vaguely remember?

Sentence:

Etymology:

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metrohumanx Texas Dep't of Corrections used to have a website called "Date an inmate". Ugh! - metrohumanx, 2008-09-03: 08:58:00

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Refound

Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: re/found

Sentence: Having just been dumped by Tony, Jenna searched high and low for her yearbook! "Who was that guy," she thought, "The one who would drool as I sat in front of him in homeroom?" She frantically flipped pages, cell phone in one hand, google page up and ready. This was nothing new as she was known to start most of her relationships while on the refound.

Etymology: word play with rebound...but of course... :)

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metrohumanx Simple yet elegant, Lumina. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-02: 12:28:00

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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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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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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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metrohumanx What an unusual combination. Hilarious sentence, RW! :) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-03: 09:02:00

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Ruefacebook

DrWebsterIII

Created by: DrWebsterIII

Pronunciation: ˈrü 'ˈfās ˈbu̇k

Sentence: Bobby had also ruefacebooked before the reunion, which bolstered his archetypal disdain for some of his former classmates

Etymology: RUE (regret) + Facebook (a social tool to for connection or to reconnect or spy)! Maybe you've heard of it

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Reminoyance

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛməˈnɔɪəns/

Sentence: The urge for reminoyance can be hopeful (e.g. hoping that the school hottie has gotten nicer, is still attractive, and is now single) or pitiful (e.g. hoping that the ugly dork who asked you out hasn't gotten meaner, is now attractive, and is still single).

Etymology: From annoyance + reminiscence

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Not to be confused with reminimosity (e.g. wanting to see which fast food joint the jock who bullied you ended up at) or reminipentance (e.g. wanting to see which software company the dork you bullied is now the CEO of). - ErWenn, 2007-10-01: 09:50:00

Superb! I particularly like the companion suite of words. Reminimosity is something I've engaged in myself... - Nettle, 2007-10-01: 09:56:00

Great effort-some great words - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-01: 18:23:00

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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