Verboticisms

Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: grong

Sentence: I gronged that undercover-police-guy today with a loud: "How's the H today ?"

Etymology: greet + wrong . ...... ......... .... ... ... .......... greeting the wrong person

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COMMENTS:

nice, clever simple - wordmeister, 2007-05-13: 13:55:00

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Created by: Sed8ed

Pronunciation: mis-i-dent-e-highs

Sentence: It's always embarassing when you loudly misidentihigh a complete stranger.

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Created by: chercherlalun

Pronunciation: dop pel hi

Sentence: I thought I was going up to Bobby to give him a hug, only to find myself giving a doppelhi to a sweaty guy.

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Created by: PythianHabenero

Pronunciation: miss-sal-you-ate

Sentence: Alexander had a tendency to missaluate, but didn't realize how strange it was until he himself was hailed and embraced by someone he'd never seen before in his life.

Etymology: mis- + "salve", the Latin greeting + verb ending -ate

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: hell + oops

Sentence: I saw Jacob the other day and gave him what turned out to be a big helloops - it was some other guy.

Etymology: hello + oops

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COMMENTS:

cracker - galwaywegian, 2007-03-14: 06:16:00

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Created by: catgrin

Pronunciation: noh-noh-pal

Sentence: Be sure to greet people face-to-face. The words "Hiya stupid!" to a "friend's" back have ended up as many a knownopal.

Etymology: compound word from know + no + pal

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: mye ope ee a lie ens

Sentence: she made three more myopialliances on route to the opticians.

Etymology: myopia, alliance

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Created by: DavidLMyers

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COMMENTS:

The combination of being flustered and feeling frustrated. - DavidLMyers, 2007-03-14: 15:39:00

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Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: in-dis-greet

Sentence: I indisgreeted the old woman for my great aunt, and after hugging the stranger I stepped back to realize we both seemed very confused.

Etymology: from indiscreet + misgreet (which is also a made up word)

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COMMENTS:

I like how you rendered it as a verb. - mplsbohemian, 2007-03-14: 21:48:00

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Created by: chatty

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