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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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Whosithugs
Created by: ennia
Pronunciation: As it sounds
Sentence: I gave whosithugs to my distant cousins, while asking how old they were.
Etymology: Who is it? and Hug.
Namenesia
Created by: GreatRandew
Pronunciation: nam-nee-see-ya
Sentence: When namenesia struck, Bertie could hardly remember his own name, never mind anyone else's
Etymology: Name + amnesia
Umbrace
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: UMMM-brace
Sentence: Startled by the dark-haired woman's greeting, Jim umbraced her heartily, only to learn she had been waving to the girl behind him in line.
Etymology: Um + embrace
Mismonikiss
Created by: Arcysparky
Pronunciation: Mis-mon-EE-kis
Sentence: "Give me a hug, it's been such a long time... pretty lady" John said as he mismonikissed his high school girlfriend.
Etymology: Mis- badly Moniker - name Kiss - (err... kiss)
Relationalize
Created by: mytimeonearth
Pronunciation:
Sentence: It's very common to relationalize at family reunions.
Etymology:
Touchneisa
Memorafeeblia
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: mem/ora/fee/blee/a
Sentence: Memorafeeblia always hits him at the most awkward times - hopefully a wide smile and lots of nodding will get him through
Etymology: Memorabilia + feeble
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!