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'Wow, you haven't changed since high school!'

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.

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Frenemize

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: freh-neh-mize

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Dejadupe

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: deja/dupe

Sentence: Joe was a victim and total loser in high school and fifteen years has passed. He discovered Face-Book and began seeking out and contacting "old friendships and acquaintances" only to find he was dejaduping himself and renewing hostilities toward himself.

Etymology: DEJADUPE - verb - from DEJA VU (an impression of having seen, or experienced something before) + DUPE (a person who is easily deceived, or victimized)

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx Cutting and concise....good word, S.O. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-02: 12:31:00

vmalcolm Nice word - vmalcolm, 2008-09-03: 12:50:00

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Reminoyance

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛməˈnɔɪəns/

Sentence: The urge for reminoyance can be hopeful (e.g. hoping that the school hottie has gotten nicer, is still attractive, and is now single) or pitiful (e.g. hoping that the ugly dork who asked you out hasn't gotten meaner, is now attractive, and is still single).

Etymology: From annoyance + reminiscence

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Not to be confused with reminimosity (e.g. wanting to see which fast food joint the jock who bullied you ended up at) or reminipentance (e.g. wanting to see which software company the dork you bullied is now the CEO of). - ErWenn, 2007-10-01: 09:50:00

Superb! I particularly like the companion suite of words. Reminimosity is something I've engaged in myself... - Nettle, 2007-10-01: 09:56:00

Great effort-some great words - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-01: 18:23:00

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Sighschoolreunion

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: sye skool ree ewe nyun

Sentence: His sighschoolreunion only proved to him how right he was to get out of town the moment he graduated.

Etymology: high school reunion, sigh

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COMMENTS:

So if he Face-booked some he'dbe a Sighbernaut?? Great Word, galwaywegian! - Nosila, 2008-09-02: 01:57:00

funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-02: 05:58:00

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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)

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Faceshnook

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: face-shnook

Sentence: Having nothing better to do that day, Bob began to faceshnook all his old classmates, leaving derogatory comments on their pages, such as "Aren't you the "Before" picture in that Jenny Craig ad?"

Etymology: facebook, shnook

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COMMENTS:

heeeheeeheee! - galwaywegian, 2007-10-01: 06:35:00

Excellent Purp! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-01: 09:32:00

Best example sentence ever. - Nettle, 2007-10-01: 09:52:00

Great word and sentence. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-01: 18:13:00

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Myfacefriend

petaj

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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Alumnaut

artr

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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metrohumanx Who could possibly forget whats-his-name? - metrohumanx, 2008-09-01: 08:51:00

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Lackquaintance

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: lak kwayn tans

Sentence: When Cyndi went to her high school reunion, she still dressed in her best 80's attire. Of course everyone else had dressed in modern day fashions, including the guy she always had a crush on...Seymour Modes. Seymour was now a Magazine Editor and tres moderne! As she later told her geeky friends who were too scared to go to the reunion, she and Seymour had a relationship whereby they were each's lackquaintance. As the night and free booze wore on, they found a cozy corner to re-lackquaint themselves. Luckily it worked out for them. They are now an item and she writes a great retro column for his magazine and he dresses more and more with an eighties influence. Their acquaintenceship no longer lacks anything!

Etymology: Lack ( the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; be without) & Acquaintance (a relationship less intimate than friendship;personal knowledge or information about someone or something)

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heh - galwaywegian, 2010-01-29: 08:08:00

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Dejadupe

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: deja/dupe

Sentence: Tommy was a victim and total loser in high school and fifteen years has passed. He discovered Face-Book and began dejaduping his way through all the names seeking old friendships and acquaintances to renew hostilities toward himself.

Etymology: deja vu + dupe

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-01: 00:01:00
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 !

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-01-29: 00:05:00
Today's definition was suggested by OZZIEBOB. Thank you OZZIEBOB. ~ James