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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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Ummism
Created by: mysti
Pronunciation: ummm-izm
Sentence: Oh no, I hope I don't suffer from ummism when I meet up with my old friends.
Etymology: Someone might use the word 'umm' when they are not sure what else to say
Welcomnesiate
Created by: Dboozer
Pronunciation: (wel-cum-knee-zhee-ate)
Sentence: Barry welcomnesiated everyone at the family reunion before he finally realized he was at the wrong family reunion.
Etymology: welcome+amnesia+ate(verb)
Forggels
Created by: amysmiles2000
Pronunciation: for-gah-elles
Sentence: When I bumped into Peter last weekend at the reunion, it was ackward. I was forced in giving forggels until I could recall who this man.
Etymology: forged + huggles fake hugs
Anonymugs
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Uh-nohn-uh-mugs
Sentence: After 20 years, the family reunion was festooned with dozens of anonymugs I hadn't seen in years, although they had no trouble remembering me.
Etymology: Anonymous(no name)+mugs(facial)
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COMMENTS:
pretty good! - weareallbeautiful, 2007-07-11: 17:06:00
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Salwhotation
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Sal-hyoo-tay-shun
Sentence: It was an awkward salwhotation when some creepy-looking man came running up and then hugging me. I cried, perplexedly, "Who are you!" as he hugged me in affection. I was mortified when 'he' exclaimed, "It's Janice, your sister!"
Etymology: Salutation (a greeting) + who (interrogative pronoun: what/which person)
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COMMENTS:
An uncomfortable sexchange of greetings followed. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-11: 09:55:00
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Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: high-per-in-form-E-uh
Sentence: Thanks to John's hyperinformia, he can recite the complete installation instructions for his new garage door opener in English, Spanish, and French.
Etymology:
Nameandfacedisorder
Created by: blondibabi121692
Pronunciation: name and face dis order
Sentence:
Etymology:
Embarrace
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: emm barr ais
Sentence: He held her in his usual embarrace, frantically searching innhis memory banks for a matching memory of her sound, scent, shape of her ears, nose or butt, anything that might trigger a memory.
Etymology: embrace, embarrass,
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COMMENTS:
that's quite a close embarrace - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-11: 16:18:00
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Namnesia
Created by: MisUndrstd
Pronunciation: Nam-nee-zia
Sentence: My cousin Vinnie, suffering from namnesia, couldn't remember the name of our Sicilian cousin Guido. thus making family reunions, baptisms, weddings and funerals uncomfortable.
Etymology: Name+ Amnesia= Namnesia.
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COMMENTS:
haha - blondibabi121692, 2007-07-11: 22:51:00
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