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'Hi Sexy! Oops... Sorry, I thought you were someone else.'

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.

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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)

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Alohachoo

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: aloe/a/chew

Sentence: Alohachoo!! Excuse me, I was just sneezing.

Etymology: aloha + achoo

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Embarrassmeet

Created by: trioptimum

Pronunciation: em-BARR-uhs-meet

Sentence: Simon cringed as he recounted to everyone present the details of that morning's embarrassmeet.

Etymology: meet + embarrassment

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Irecognize

Created by: Lurky2000

Pronunciation: Ih-recognize

Sentence: omg, I like totally irecognized you

Etymology:

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Yoohoowho

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: u/who/who

Sentence: She greeted, who she thought was Jenny, with a loud yoo-hoo. It quickly turned into a yoohoowho when she realized it was a complete stranger.

Etymology: yoo-hoo + who

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Whoopsicall

Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: WOOP-si-call

Sentence: When Gary made a whoopsicall to a woman he thought was Margret he felt the cold chill of embarrassment creeping down his neck.

Etymology: Whoops (a commmon exclaimation when making an error) with call (a shout out to my peeps) mixed with Popsicle because you feel that cold feeling of making an error.

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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)

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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.

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