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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.
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Googleum
Created by: LoftyDreamer
Pronunciation: What else do you do when you want to find out the arrest records, embarrassing moments, and dismal failings of people you vaguely remember?
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Texas Dep't of Corrections used to have a website called "Date an inmate".
Ugh! - metrohumanx, 2008-09-03: 08:58:00
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Snobrelating
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Snob-ree-late-ing
Sentence: She knew she had risen above them but couldnt help indulging in a bit of snobrelating with the riffraff
Etymology: Snob - relate
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
Memorylame
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: mem-uh-ree-leyn
Sentence: Ken caught the memorylame bug. He was feeling insecure and imagined all of the people from his past were more succesful than him. He soon found that he was doing being better than most, being retired at forty.
Etymology: memory lane + lame
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-01: 18:24:00
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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)
Cacheualocate
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: cash-u-el-O-cate
Sentence: Mark was bored so he hopped on Google in an attempt to cacheualocate his old high school drug buddies to kill a weekend with. He did manage to bullseyedent one but his MySpace page said he was "Born again" so he was out. Another one Mark managed to interneterrogate had managed to get busted in another state and was serving time. But his last queryquarry was still single and was still living with his parents according to his AdultFriendFinder profile. Interneterrogate: To do deep queries for a specific person on the Internet. Queryquarry: the subject of an interneterrogation. Bullseyedent: Find your queryquarry through interneterrogation.
Etymology: Cache (a store of something) + casual (in the sense of not a deep aquaintance or friend) + locate.
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COMMENTS:
"Queryquarry"- great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-01: 18:09:00
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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:
Cutting and concise....good word, S.O. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-02: 12:31:00
Nice word - vmalcolm, 2008-09-03: 12:50:00
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Peeplechase
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: people-chase
Sentence: Leanna had faced a number of hurdles along the way. Her computer had crashed when she added the Friendster ap and 6 of her ex-friends from school had blocked her friend requests. But she now had a grand total of 630 'friends' in her social network and felt that her peeplechase had been a huge success.
Etymology: steeplechase (a foot race run on a cross-country course or over a course having obstacles, as ditches, hurdles, or the like, which the runners must clear) + peeps (as in people)
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COMMENTS:
I keep imagining little marshmallow chicks jumping over wicker hurdles when I see this word. - MrDave2176, 2007-10-01: 13:29:00
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Whycq
Created by: kearstin
Pronunciation: why-seek-you
Sentence: Sometimes when I am bored at work I will whycq and waste time looking for old crushes or cheerleaders - it makes me happy to know which ones got fat and which ones are in jail.
Etymology: why+seek+you a bad mashup that touches on the all important question one always asks AFTER contacting old acquaintances...why?
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 and renewing old 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)
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