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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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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
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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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)
Dohcialise
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: D'oh!-shal-lyse
Sentence: It was a long day for Michelle when she forgot to put her contact lenses in - she dohcialised half of the people in the street, and kept seeing her friends' faces in the crowds.
Etymology: D'OH! (Homer Simpson) + socialise
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COMMENTS:
excellent! - galwaywegian, 2007-03-14: 06:15:00
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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
Recogbaressed
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: rec-on-bare-ess-ed
Sentence: I'm so reconbaresed, I thought you were someone else.
Etymology: recognized+ embaressed
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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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)
Misidentihighs
Created by: Sed8ed
Pronunciation: mis-i-dent-e-highs
Sentence: It's always embarassing when you loudly misidentihigh a complete stranger.
Etymology:
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