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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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Alohachoo
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: aloe/a/chew
Sentence: Alohachoo!! Excuse me, I was just sneezing.
Etymology: aloha + achoo
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:
Helloaaah
Created by: sevenjades
Pronunciation: Hello - aaahh
Sentence: Oh, god, I just did a complete helloaaaah to that wierd guy!
Etymology: Combination of "Hello" and "aaaahh", as in the sound one makes when one frantically tries to place who a person is and what to say to cover the gaff.
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)
Humilimeet
Created by: earljw
Pronunciation: hue-MIL-i-meet
Sentence: I was heading to the bathroom when this goth chick I have never met decided to humilimeet me.
Etymology: humiliate + meet
Nothuithot
Created by: fanoog
Pronunciation: Not who I thought
Sentence: sorry, you are nothuithot.
Etymology: not who i thought
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
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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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
Hailno
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: heyl-noh
Sentence: Elmer gave a hearty hailno to his best friends girlfriends cousins look-alike.
Etymology: hail - (greet loudly) no - (negative, wrong)