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'Hi Sexy! Oops... Sorry, I thought you were someone else.'

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.

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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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cracker - galwaywegian, 2007-03-14: 06:16:00

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Flusterated

Created by: DavidLMyers

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology:

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The combination of being flustered and feeling frustrated. - DavidLMyers, 2007-03-14: 15:39:00

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Srangicide

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: stray ngee side

Sentence: Tarra was always committing strangicide when trying to wave at her friends. I think she needs some new glasses.

Etymology: from stranger and suicide which is how small it makes you feel when you get someones identity incorrect.

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Randomactofblindness

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: random act of blindness

Sentence: Just as well Shelly had a superiority complex, as her randomactsofblindness meant that a lot of strangers thought she was totally nuts.

Etymology: random act of kindness (this could conceivable involve loud friendly greetings to randomly met strangers) + blind (not being able to see who you are really talking to)

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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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Embarassmental

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: em-bar-as-men-tal

Sentence: Soon after Jill yelled across the dance floor, she realized the man she thought she recognized is a perfect stranger that thinks she is perfectly strange and the embarrassmental Jill races to find a dark spot in the bar to hide.

Etymology: embarressment/mental, as in mental case

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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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Dufustrate

Created by: bettyann9

Pronunciation: doo-fuss-trayht

Sentence: I'm such a spaz! I totally thought that dude was Jim and I dufustrated him!

Etymology: dufus-an inept or stupid person

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Indisgreet

Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: in-dis-greet

Sentence: I indisgreeted the old woman for my great aunt, and after hugging the stranger I stepped back to realize we both seemed very confused.

Etymology: from indiscreet + misgreet (which is also a made up word)

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COMMENTS:

I like how you rendered it as a verb. - mplsbohemian, 2007-03-14: 21:48:00

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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

petaj If you wrote about these in a diary would they be annotyoutations - petaj, 2007-03-15: 06:54:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-14: 01:00:29
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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-14: 12:18:00
Hey Osomatic, Great definition, and "helloops" is a great word to describe it! ~ James