DEFINITION: v., To seek out old acquaintances even though you never really knew them that well, or liked them very much, in the first place. n. An old and unwanted friend who has suddenly reappeared.

Alumnaut

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: A-lum-nawt

Sentence: MySpace the banal frontier. John was so lonely that he spent numerous hours a day searching any social url he could think of trying to find names that seemed familiar. He was a perpetual Alumnaut. Even when he found someone, they rarely, if ever, remembered him.

Etymology: Alumni: a graduate or former student + Astronaut: a person who is trained to travel in (cyber?) space

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