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DEFINITION: To share greetings, hugs, and kisses with old friends and familiar faces, while you desperately try to remember their names.
Verboticisms
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Kissoffism
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: kiss/off/ism
Sentence: He knew he was suffering from a bad case of "kissoffism" when he couldn't recall whom he had brushed off lately with a polite peck on the cheek.
Etymology: kiss: intimate greeting and a variation kiss off: to forget whom you've kissed + ism: meaning it happens to a lot of folks
Misfackle
Created by: jigendalitwoforks
Pronunciation: miss-fah-kull
Sentence: Lauren misfackled as the guy who went to her high school gave her a friendly hug.
Etymology:
Hospiwhothehellity
Created by: babel
Pronunciation: hos-pee-who-the-hell-it-ee
Sentence: Trevor always found meeting Jane's friends required deep reserves of hospiwhothehellity.
Etymology: hospitality + who the hell
Corrify
Created by: ancientSept
Pronunciation: core-eh-fy
Sentence: He corrified to remember her name.
Etymology: Correlate and identify!
Relationalize
Created by: mytimeonearth
Pronunciation:
Sentence: It's very common to relationalize at family reunions.
Etymology:
Whoneon
Created by: r3m0t
Pronunciation: Who - nion
Sentence: It was a frustrating whoneon.
Etymology: who + re-union
Nonaming
Created by: xshadowswimmer08x
Pronunciation:
Sentence: i was dissapointed when he nonamed me
Etymology:
Famnesia
Created by: IHeartKiwiTarts
Pronunciation: " fam-neej-ah"
Sentence: the elderly are not the only ones to suffer from bouts of famnesia at reunions.
Etymology: Originating from my brain
Comments:
Jabberwocky - 2006-12-11: 12:34:00
Babel - I love hospiwhothehellity
babel - 2006-12-11: 13:45:00
familanesia is a great one stevenson
wordmeister - 2006-12-11: 14:01:00
Personally, I find embarassing when I get familanesia or hospiwhothehellity... Why do you guys like it?
Jabberwocky - 2006-12-11: 15:31:00
I agree - both are great words but Babel - I think you could expand it to hospiwhothellareyouity
babel - 2006-12-11: 15:33:00
hospiwhothehellareyoulookingatmelikeimsupposedtoknowyouity
babel - 2006-12-11: 15:34:00
oh well, i guess i found the max single word length haha
wordmeister - 2006-12-11: 15:51:00
Yes, I can only guess how your word ends...
CaptPoco - 2006-12-18: 10:19:00
Memorafeeblia is so fun to say!