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DEFINITION: To recognize and loudly greet a friend only to realize that it is a complete stranger, who now thinks that you are somewhat odd.
Verboticisms
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Misidentihighs
Created by: Sed8ed
Pronunciation: mis-i-dent-e-highs
Sentence: It's always embarassing when you loudly misidentihigh a complete stranger.
Etymology:
Helloops
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: hell + oops
Sentence: I saw Jacob the other day and gave him what turned out to be a big helloops - it was some other guy.
Etymology: hello + oops
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COMMENTS:
cracker - galwaywegian, 2007-03-14: 06:16:00
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Howdydont
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: how-dee-DOHNT
Sentence: Heavily jetlagged, I howdydonted half the airport before I finally found my pen pal.
Etymology: From "howdy-do", reconstruing "do" as "don't"
Notyoutations
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: not-you-tay-shuns
Sentence: ever since she lost her glasses she was the queen of greetings and notyoutations
Etymology: not you, salutations
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COMMENTS:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! - Sed8ed, 2007-03-14: 04:55:00
If you wrote about these in a diary would they be annotyoutations - petaj, 2007-03-15: 06:54:00
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Hailfail
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: hayull-fayull
Sentence: Her dramatic hailfail caused her so much embarrassment, she spent the next ten minutes apologizing and trying to explain away the crippling shame.
Etymology: From "hail" meaning to greet and "fail".
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COMMENTS:
Works well as both noun and verb, and rolls off the tongue. Kudos. - mplsbohemian, 2007-03-14: 23:42:00
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Grong
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: grong
Sentence: I gronged that undercover-police-guy today with a loud: "How's the H today ?"
Etymology: greet + wrong . ...... ......... .... ... ... .......... greeting the wrong person
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COMMENTS:
nice, clever simple - wordmeister, 2007-05-13: 13:55:00
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Doppelstranger
Created by: ShaggE
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "I thought I saw Frank, but it was just a doppelstranger."
Etymology: Doppelganger+ Stranger.
Greetslip
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: greet-slip
Sentence: Joana had a greetslip as she asked Fred up for tea; but now they are living together, so it all sorted itself out nicely.
Etymology: greeting - to welcome. + slipup - accident
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COMMENTS:
I like it! - jedijawa, 2007-03-15: 06:50:00
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Missaluate
Created by: PythianHabenero
Pronunciation: miss-sal-you-ate
Sentence: Alexander had a tendency to missaluate, but didn't realize how strange it was until he himself was hailed and embraced by someone he'd never seen before in his life.
Etymology: mis- + "salve", the Latin greeting + verb ending -ate
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic.
Thank you Osomatic! ~ James
Osomatic - 2007-03-14: 01:38:00
Ooo! Ooo! It's my definition! I am terribly pleased. And I also got to make the first verboticism, despite not knowing that today would be the day of my first definition! I am doubly pleased. It is a red letter Verbotomy day.
Hey Osomatic, Great definition, and "helloops" is a great word to describe it! ~ James