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DEFINITION: To recognize and loudly greet a friend only to realize that it is a complete stranger, who now thinks that you are somewhat odd.
Verboticisms
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Onohellopoeia
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: o-no-hell-o-PEE-uh
Sentence: I swear Jeremy has a double at this party! That's the second onohellopoeia I've had with that guy tonight, and I'm not even half drunk...
Etymology: O no! (mistaken) Hello (greeting) poeia (a derivative of Gr. "poiein", to make)
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COMMENTS:
Inspired by onomatopoeia, by any chance? - Discoveria, 2007-03-14: 04:55:00
woof! - Alchemist, 2007-03-14: 05:01:00
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Embarassmental
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: em-bar-as-men-tal
Sentence: Soon after Jill yelled across the dance floor, she realized the man she thought she recognized is a perfect stranger that thinks she is perfectly strange and the embarrassmental Jill races to find a dark spot in the bar to hide.
Etymology: embarressment/mental, as in mental case
Helloops
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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Randomactofblindness
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: random act of blindness
Sentence: Just as well Shelly had a superiority complex, as her randomactsofblindness meant that a lot of strangers thought she was totally nuts.
Etymology: random act of kindness (this could conceivable involve loud friendly greetings to randomly met strangers) + blind (not being able to see who you are really talking to)
Myopialliance
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: mye ope ee a lie ens
Sentence: she made three more myopialliances on route to the opticians.
Etymology: myopia, alliance
Flusterated
Created by: DavidLMyers
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
The combination of being flustered and feeling frustrated. - DavidLMyers, 2007-03-14: 15:39:00
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Notyoutations
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: not-you-tay-shuns
Sentence: ever since she lost her glasses she was the queen of greetings and notyoutations
Etymology: not you, salutations
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COMMENTS:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! - Sed8ed, 2007-03-14: 04:55:00
If you wrote about these in a diary would they be annotyoutations - petaj, 2007-03-15: 06:54:00
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Indisgreet
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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Greetslip
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: greet-slip
Sentence: Joana had a greetslip as she asked Fred up for tea; but now they are living together, so it all sorted itself out nicely.
Etymology: greeting - to welcome. + slipup - accident
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COMMENTS:
I like it! - jedijawa, 2007-03-15: 06:50:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic.
Thank you Osomatic! ~ James
Osomatic - 2007-03-14: 01:38:00
Ooo! Ooo! It's my definition! I am terribly pleased. And I also got to make the first verboticism, despite not knowing that today would be the day of my first definition! I am doubly pleased. It is a red letter Verbotomy day.
Hey Osomatic, Great definition, and "helloops" is a great word to describe it! ~ James