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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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Astigmate
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: a-STIG-mate
Sentence: Sharna's refusal to wear her glasses resulted in her frequently astigmating astounded strangers. This carried over to her online life where small, blurry profile images compounded the problem. Unlike in real life, some of her online astigmates thought it endearing, albeit odd, and eventually 'friended' her in facebook.
Etymology: astigmia + mate
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COMMENTS:
But I still like randomactofblindness better from my first go round with this definition. - petaj, 2007-09-03: 03:07:00
I often finish up with a number of verboticisms for the definition- and, to play safe I put them in my sentence. I do like "astigmate" though. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-03: 23:31:00
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Helloribble
Created by: movingtomontana
Pronunciation: Hell - orr - ibble
Sentence: I thought I saw you in the supermarket this morning, I helloribbled some bird. She ran off down the isle and called security.
Etymology: Hello meets Horrible
Oopsalute
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: oops-suh-loot
Sentence: After a few drinks she oopsaluted everyone at the party, even though she felt a bit ashamed about it she realised the next that it was a really great way to meet men.
Etymology: oops (as in expressing dismay) + salute (as in greeting or salutation)
Recoget
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Sorry I recogot you. I thought you were my brother but now I see you must be someone else.
Etymology:
Helloops
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: hell + oops
Sentence: Man, that guy looked EXACTLY LIKE Adolf Hitler - what a complete helloops!
Etymology: hello + oops. (Note: I created this word for this definition the first time around. I liked it too much not to use it again.)
Malute
Created by: kundalinikat
Pronunciation: v. MAL-oot n. MAL-yoo-tay-shun
Sentence: Bob's awkward malutation began the blind date on the wrong note.
Etymology: mal (Latin for 'bad') + salute or salutation
Whatsugh
Created by: skepsis
Pronunciation: what's - ugg
Sentence: I pulled an whatsugh back there because that guy looked just like Rainbow-Jeremy.
Etymology: whats up and ugh
Greetgaffe
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: GREET-gaff
Sentence: You should have seen the look on Bob's chumystified face, when he realized that the person whom he had greeted so loudly was a complete stranger. This greetgaffe was just the latest in his long list of cobberclangers. Only later on, when he learned that it was his greatest chumistake yet, did he decide that it was time to start compiling a corrifriendum.
Etymology: Greet: to welcome & gaffe: awkward social error, a faux pas.
Greepster
Created by: doctathunder
Pronunciation: GREEP-ster
Sentence: I was having a pleasant conversation with my girlfriend until this greepster yelled out to me from across the street insisting she knew me.
Etymology: Greet + Creeper
Howdelusion
Created by: Pseudonym
Pronunciation: how-dee-loo-shun
Sentence: "Since I stopped talking to people, I no longer suffer from howdelusion."
Etymology: howdy + delusion
