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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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Awkwamacies
Created by: Aioua
Pronunciation: Awk'-wer-ma-sees
Sentence: I hadn't seen her for a couple of years, but never the less she rushed in for some awkarmacies while I racked my memory for her name.
Etymology: awkward + intamices
Hugstall
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: hug-stall
Sentence: Julie could not remember her friend's name so she hugstalled for time.
Etymology: hug + stall
Delayniate
Created by: xcruser88x
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After delayniating for thirty seconds, Michael confidently greeted Aunt Betsy with a hearty "Hello, Ruth!"
Etymology: Delay + Delineate
Shmoozemporize
Created by: squirrelian
Pronunciation: shmoozemporize
Sentence: He shmoozemporized until he could make a graceful exit.
Etymology: "Shmooze" plus "temporize" (temporize as in stall for time).
Wishiknewya
Created by: ndzeus2525
Pronunciation: wish i knew ya
Sentence: Hmm,
Etymology:
Nomentoblag
Created by: slumpman
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: Nom and mento from the latin root words for Name and Memory, and blag meaning to fly by the seat of your pants
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!