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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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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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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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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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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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Doppelhi
Created by: chercherlalun
Pronunciation: dop pel hi
Sentence: I thought I was going up to Bobby to give him a hug, only to find myself giving a doppelhi to a sweaty guy.
Etymology:
Randomactofblindness
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)
Helloohno
Created by: deannewby
Pronunciation: Hello-Oh-No
Sentence: I did a classic helloono yesterday, I was walking down the road and I saw Fred, shouted hello, and realised that it wasn't him - the man looked at me and crossed over to the other side of the road.
Etymology: Hello, for the greeting. O, for the realisation. No, for the embarrassment.
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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Waveoff
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: wave-off
Sentence: Julie had to waveoff by acting nonchalant after embarrassing herself when she called out to a friend of hers who turned out to be someone else.
Etymology: waveoff (take back or abort a greeting)
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