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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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Salwhotation
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Sal-hyoo-tay-shun
Sentence: It was an awkward salwhotation when some creepy-looking man came running up and then hugging me. I cried, perplexedly, "Who are you!" as he hugged me in affection. I was mortified when 'he' exclaimed, "It's Janice, your sister!"
Etymology: Salutation (a greeting) + who (interrogative pronoun: what/which person)
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COMMENTS:
An uncomfortable sexchange of greetings followed. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-11: 09:55:00
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Hellowatsitphobia
Created by: realnutty01
Pronunciation: hello-what's-it-phobia
Sentence: Jim looked around and was filled with hellowatsitphobia at all the faces he knew but no names.
Etymology: hello- greeting. what is it- something you can not remember. phobia- a syndrome.
Welcomnesiate
Created by: Dboozer
Pronunciation: (wel-cum-knee-zhee-ate)
Sentence: Barry welcomnesiated everyone at the family reunion before he finally realized he was at the wrong family reunion.
Etymology: welcome+amnesia+ate(verb)
Dejawho
Created by: loofarama
Pronunciation: deja who
Sentence: i know i'd seen her before i just couldn't remember. i must be having deja who
Etymology: deja vu + who
Rosmin
Created by: rahullotli
Pronunciation: ros-min
Sentence: i m in rosmin
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
cool - rahullotli, 2007-07-14: 14:02:00
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Shargot
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: sh-ay-r-g-aw-t
Sentence: Meggy felt soooooo uncomfortable as she and everyone else in the room tried to remember each other's names.
Etymology: share+forgot
Anonymugs
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Uh-nohn-uh-mugs
Sentence: After 20 years, the family reunion was festooned with dozens of anonymugs I hadn't seen in years, although they had no trouble remembering me.
Etymology: Anonymous(no name)+mugs(facial)
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COMMENTS:
pretty good! - weareallbeautiful, 2007-07-11: 17:06:00
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Recognlies
Created by: HALibut
Pronunciation: rek-uhn-lahyz
Sentence: He recognliesed almost everyone at his high-school reunion fondly recalling that time they played that funny joke on old Mr. what's his face during that big assembly senior year.
Etymology: recognize + lie
Wondakiss
Created by: Alanna27
Pronunciation: won-duh-kiss
Sentence: i was wondakissing this girl for like an hour.
Etymology: wonder-kiss