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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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Youwhoing
Created by: bozzerino
Pronunciation: yoo hoo ing
Sentence:
Etymology: yoo hoo you who
Palkering
Created by: 321JOS
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I saw an old friend and I was palkering his name
Etymology:
Pretenderness
Created by: polarpanda
Pronunciation: pre-ten-der-ness (not PREE-ten-der-ness)
Sentence: Hey, honey, tell me your cousin Patrice's husband's name again-- he's headed over here, and I don't want all that awkward pretenderness when he leans in for a hug.
Etymology: pretend + tenderness
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)
Lamentate
Created by: bunnyrounderupper
Pronunciation: lame-an-tate
Sentence:
Etymology:
Touchneisa
Familanesia
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: fuh/mil/a/nee/zhuh
Sentence: Familanesia strikes me often at this time of year at Christmas parties.
Etymology: familiar + amnesia
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!