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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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Regoonion

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ree goo nyun

Sentence: It was during the 10 yearly regoonion, that he realised that he had been wrong to choose the "interesting" people to hang with.

Etymology: reunion, goon.

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Great! I can identify with that word. - Scrumpy, 2007-10-01: 09:31:00

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Frenemize

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: freh-neh-mize

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Faceirk

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: fāsərk

Sentence: As a member of the class reunion planning committee Diane is fielding quite a few new requests to be ”friends”. She has had to block more people than a halfback as her irritating former classmates faceirk her with the details of their politics and/or boring lives.

Etymology: face (the front part of a person\'s head from the forehead to the chin) irk (irritate; annoy) a play on facebook

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Hasbeenstalker

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: has/been/stock/ur

Sentence: Jack just couldn’t live in the present and became a hasbeenstalker. His mother accused him of living in a fairy tale but he assured her that one day he would live happily ever after. Eventually he got a job at he supermarket stocking day old beans.

Etymology: has been (behind the times) + stalk (hunt or pursue) + Jack and the Beanstalk

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heh - galwaywegian, 2008-09-01: 07:34:00

metrohumanx Like IS like a beanstalk, isn't it? - metrohumanx, 2008-09-01: 08:41:00

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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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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.

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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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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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Abberrassociate

Created by: Kevcom2

Pronunciation: uh/burgh/uh/sose/ee/eight

Sentence: I happened to stumble upon an old abberrassociate at the mall the other day. She was wearing the same outlandish clothes that she used to wear in high school.

Etymology: Aberrant - weird; associate - aquaintance.

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Pastsociate

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: past so she ayt

Sentence: At the high school reunion, there was something vaguely familiar to Gary about the redhead in the eighties attire. When he read her nametag, "Bobbie", he knew she must be a pastsociate, but just could not place her. It was only after she spurned his offer of a drink together that he remembered her as Robert, the bully from Music Appreciation Class. Talk about a stereo-type becoming a faux-know gaffe!

Etymology: Past (earlier than the present time; no longer current)& Associate (Acquaintance;a relationship less intimate than friendship)

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Socialnetjerk

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: so-shul-net-jerk

Sentence: Tom was a socialnetjerk. He had no life or real friends, so he spent countless hours finding old classmates on facebook and sending them friend requests, ihearts and farmville invitations, proving that he was still a dork after 15 years.

Etymology: social network: facebook, myspace - a place to meet and interact with friends on the internet + jerk: foolish, rude or contemptible person

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Comments:

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