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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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Hugsheimers
Created by: DarthWader
Pronunciation: hugs hi mers
Sentence: As the the two women stared patiently at each other, Tom wrestled through hugsheimers to provide the requisite introductions.
Etymology: hugs (to embrace or squeeze in one's arms) + alzheimers (the most common cause of premature senility)
Prevaricuddling
Created by: wysware
Pronunciation: pre-vari-cud-ling
Sentence: As soon as he saw me he started to hug me in his prevaricuddling way
Etymology: prevaricate (avoid stating the truth) cuddling (embracing)
Memorafeeblia
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: mem/ora/fee/blee/a
Sentence: Memorafeeblia always hits him at the most awkward times - hopefully a wide smile and lots of nodding will get him through
Etymology: Memorabilia + feeble
Graspulation
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation:
Sentence: At the family reunion, Alice was in mid graspulation when she finally remembered Uncle Ed's name.
Etymology: From Grast, to grasp, and emulation, to emulate
Memoryglans
Created by: lunaticbythesea
Pronunciation: Memory glans
Sentence:
Etymology: Memory and mammory and glans.It all relates to the recollection of tits.
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COMMENTS:
I like this word more every time I see it. Look often, you'll see. - lunaticbythesea, 2006-12-12: 18:38:00
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Redecollection
Created by: danboaz
Pronunciation: rE-dek-O-lekShun
Sentence: Jimmy was famous for his redecollection, but never more than with Suzy, maybe it was because she is the spitting image of his mother.
Etymology: re: again, de: not, collect: put to gether (as in recollect)
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!