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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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Greetgaffe

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: GREET-gaff

Sentence: You should have seen the look on Bob's chumystified face, when he realized that the person whom he had greeted so loudly was a complete stranger. This greetgaffe was just the latest in his long list of cobberclangers. Only later on, when he learned that it was his greatest chumistake yet, did he decide that it was time to start compiling a corrifriendum.

Etymology: Greet: to welcome & gaffe: awkward social error, a faux pas.

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Yoohoowho

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: u/who/who

Sentence: She greeted, who she thought was Jenny, with a loud yoo-hoo. It quickly turned into a yoohoowho when she realized it was a complete stranger.

Etymology: yoo-hoo + who

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Salutorture

Created by: elron

Pronunciation: sal-yoo-tor-chur

Sentence: From the back, Sally thought it was her friend, Jude, but quickly realized it wasn't and suffered salutorture.

Etymology: salutation + torture

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Irecognize

Created by: Lurky2000

Pronunciation: Ih-recognize

Sentence: omg, I like totally irecognized you

Etymology:

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Alohachoo

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: aloe/a/chew

Sentence: Alohachoo!! Excuse me, I was just sneezing.

Etymology: aloha + achoo

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Reactcident

Created by: joelb

Pronunciation: re-AKT-sid-ent

Sentence: I pretended that my friend was actually somewhere behind this weirdo who my reactcident seemed to have excited.

Etymology: react + accident

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Astigmate

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: a-STIG-mate

Sentence: Sharna's refusal to wear her glasses resulted in her frequently astigmating astounded strangers. This carried over to her online life where small, blurry profile images compounded the problem. Unlike in real life, some of her online astigmates thought it endearing, albeit odd, and eventually 'friended' her in facebook.

Etymology: astigmia + mate

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COMMENTS:

But I still like randomactofblindness better from my first go round with this definition. - petaj, 2007-09-03: 03:07:00

I often finish up with a number of verboticisms for the definition- and, to play safe I put them in my sentence. I do like "astigmate" though. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-03: 23:31:00

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Oopsalute

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: oops-suh-loot

Sentence: After a few drinks she oopsaluted everyone at the party, even though she felt a bit ashamed about it she realised the next that it was a really great way to meet men.

Etymology: oops (as in expressing dismay) + salute (as in greeting or salutation)

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