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DEFINITION: To share greetings, hugs, and kisses with old friends and familiar faces, while you desperately try to remember their names.
Verboticisms
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Ringabellfacing
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: ring-uh-bel-fays-ing
Sentence: I'm not going to my class reunion -- it will just be a bunch of people ringabellfacing each other.
Etymology: interfacing + rings-a-bell
Philostall
Created by: oohisay
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Bob decided his only hope for remembering her name was to philostall. - oohisay, 2006-12-13: 09:42:00
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Stallfection
Created by: neojester12
Pronunciation: Stal-fec-shun
Sentence: The thanksgiving dinner was abound with stallfection.
Etymology:
Graspulation
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation:
Sentence: At the family reunion, Alice was in mid graspulation when she finally remembered Uncle Ed's name.
Etymology: From Grast, to grasp, and emulation, to emulate
Recollaffect
Created by: nicolase
Pronunciation:
Sentence: While Manfred was clearly aware of who these gregarious people in latex were, and seemed glad to see them, Tina could only guess, and was forced to recollaffect.
Etymology: A triple portmanteau of "recollect", "affection" and "affect"- i.e. pretense.
Chumstumble
Created by: jboehnker
Pronunciation: chum' stum bel
Sentence: Bob's poor attempt at chumstublimg his way through his encounter with his wife's friends fooled nobody, and left him sleeping on the couch for a week.
Etymology: chum + stumble
Comments:
Jabberwocky - 2006-12-11: 12:34:00
Babel - I love hospiwhothehellity
babel - 2006-12-11: 13:45:00
familanesia is a great one stevenson
wordmeister - 2006-12-11: 14:01:00
Personally, I find embarassing when I get familanesia or hospiwhothehellity... Why do you guys like it?
Jabberwocky - 2006-12-11: 15:31:00
I agree - both are great words but Babel - I think you could expand it to hospiwhothellareyouity
babel - 2006-12-11: 15:33:00
hospiwhothehellareyoulookingatmelikeimsupposedtoknowyouity
babel - 2006-12-11: 15:34:00
oh well, i guess i found the max single word length haha
wordmeister - 2006-12-11: 15:51:00
Yes, I can only guess how your word ends...
CaptPoco - 2006-12-18: 10:19:00
Memorafeeblia is so fun to say!