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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.
Verboticisms
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Nostannoy
Created by: ethan1
Pronunciation: NAHST-annoy
Sentence: Hey, I think that guy getting on the bus works out at our gym. Hope he's not going to be a nostannoy.
Etymology: Nostalgia + annoy
Alumnerd
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: uh-luhm-nurd
Sentence: Jim was looking forward to his class reunion. He really wanted to catch up with his old friends. Instead he somehow found himself caught in a corner with the alumnerds.
Etymology: alumnus (a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university) + nerd (an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit)
Acquainthunts
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: ah-kwaint-hunts
Sentence: the arrival of Google, Myspace and Facebook have made acquainthunts easier than ever.
Etymology: acquaintence, hunt
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COMMENTS:
Clever! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-01: 09:29:00
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Refound
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: re/found
Sentence: Having just been dumped by Tony, Jenna searched high and low for her yearbook! "Who was that guy," she thought, "The one who would drool as I sat in front of him in homeroom?" She frantically flipped pages, cell phone in one hand, google page up and ready. This was nothing new as she was known to start most of her relationships while on the refound.
Etymology: word play with rebound...but of course... :)
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COMMENTS:
Simple yet elegant, Lumina. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-02: 12:28:00
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Archaestalkogist
Created by: mchristof
Pronunciation: ar-kay-stalk-o-jist
Sentence: I haven't seen her in years, but now she shows up everywhere I go like some archaestalkogist.
Etymology: Archaeologist - student of the past, usually in reference to human history and culture. Stalker - individual who fixates on another person, following them and often documenting their activities all while attempting to get their attention.
Ruefacebook
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: ˈrü 'ˈfās ˈbu̇k
Sentence: Bobby had also ruefacebooked before the reunion, which bolstered his archetypal disdain for some of his former classmates
Etymology: RUE (regret) + Facebook (a social tool to for connection or to reconnect or spy)! Maybe you've heard of it
Deadendfriend
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: dedd-end-frend
Sentence: Is it socially acceptable to block a deadendfriend on every social network I have an account with?
Etymology: Dead end, (no opportunity for advancement) + friend.
Myfacefriend
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: my-face-frend
Sentence: It was a sad day when Greg Arious realised that he'd gone way too far online networking. He had 656 contacts, most of whom were myfacefriends. It was time unfriend them.
Etymology: Myspace & Facebook social networking sites where people collect "friends" and renew acquaintances with folks they haven't seen or heard for years.
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COMMENTS:
How does one unfriend them?? - Nosila, 2010-01-29: 10:39:00
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Tracehellement
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Treis-hell-E-ment
Sentence: Bob, googled and gazette-gawped, hoping to find Trixy, who friends said had turned, since school days, from a termagant to a "ten" But, finally, when the folketchup took place, there was nothing saucy about her. Trixy was an "aghast from the past." Bob, blunderstruck and aghasthenic, conceded that the whole episode had been a total tracehellement. He vowed that he would never allow himself to tracehellementate again.
Etymology: Blend of trace & hell & element. element:one of the facts in the enquiry. Folketchup=folkatchup. Aghasthenic: weakened by surprize and horror.
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COMMENTS:
Great word and sentence OZ! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-01: 09:28:00
you always get my vote for your sentences - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-01: 12:24:00
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Refrenemy
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: re fren emee
Sentence: When Janet met Brad again at the reunion, she realized he had become a refrenemy. He not only hated her hair and her dress style, (She was sure the invitations stated retro 80's look, so as people could recognize each other) but he also was still an older but more judgmental geek. It was when she caught him making out with Sue (she of the Just Sue Me! fame) that she realized he was just "Desparately Seeking Susan" and not really into the fact that she was Madonna's personal assistant! Loser!
Etymology: Re-friend (a person with whom you are re-acquainted) & Enemy (a hostile individual, not in your support group)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by OZZIEBOB and Karuma. Thank you OZZIEBOB and Karuma! ~ James
Nettle - 2007-10-01: 08:42:00
I've done exactly this myself. It rarely seems to lead to anything good, other than the occasional moment of smug satisfaction which comes from knowing that you're much more successful than the people who used to bully you at school (but it's not really satisfaction, because didn't you know, deep down, that they'd never amount to anything anyway?)
galwaywegian - 2008-09-01: 07:42:00
like it !
Today's definition was suggested by OZZIEBOB. Thank you OZZIEBOB. ~ James