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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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Whosithugs
Created by: ennia
Pronunciation: As it sounds
Sentence: I gave whosithugs to my distant cousins, while asking how old they were.
Etymology: Who is it? and Hug.
Nameflop
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: name-flop
Sentence: When MaryAnne arrived at the Christmas party, she nameflopped all of her husband's cousins. Then she had a few drinks and started nameflipflopping...
Etymology: Like name dropping, only not as smooth
Delayniate
Created by: xcruser88x
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After delayniating for thirty seconds, Michael confidently greeted Aunt Betsy with a hearty "Hello, Ruth!"
Etymology: Delay + Delineate
Pretenderness
Created by: polarpanda
Pronunciation: pre-ten-der-ness (not PREE-ten-der-ness)
Sentence: Hey, honey, tell me your cousin Patrice's husband's name again-- he's headed over here, and I don't want all that awkward pretenderness when he leans in for a hug.
Etymology: pretend + tenderness
Gremembrain
Created by: Hjason
Pronunciation: gre-mem-brain
Sentence: Although I have no idea who you are, I am really enjoying tring to gremembraining while I hug you.
Etymology: greet-remember-brain
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
Graspaw
Created by: ronarscorruption
Pronunciation: grass-paw
Sentence: I saw her standing there, and shook her hand while I graspawed
Etymology:
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!