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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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Embarrace
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: emm barr ais
Sentence: He held her in his usual embarrace, frantically searching innhis memory banks for a matching memory of her sound, scent, shape of her ears, nose or butt, anything that might trigger a memory.
Etymology: embrace, embarrass,
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COMMENTS:
that's quite a close embarrace - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-11: 16:18:00
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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
Rewhonion
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: re-hoon-yun
Sentence: the whole rewhonion had caused him a great deal of blanksiety
Etymology: reunion, who ... and nothing to do with onions... nothing at all
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COMMENTS:
I bet Vidalia was there. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-11: 09:18:00
and I'm sure Pearl showed up for cocktails - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-11: 09:31:00
When Gar licked Pearl (whose mother was Spanish) on the neck, she started chive-talking and accidentally leeked the news that she was having Gar's bulby. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-11: 10:11:00
Gar didn’t appreciate Pearl springing the news that she had a bun in the oven and thought he’d butter spread himself thin. Meanwhile Pearl was running rings around the guests trying to find him. Gar finally managed to escape in his souped up car. - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-11: 11:28:00
Shortly after speeding off, he got a stinking feeling when he saw flashing lights in his rear view mirror. It was the poleeks. Garlicked powder off his hand and pulled over. He hoped they wouldn't root out his indiscrouton. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-11: 12:11:00
However, since he’d crossed the border, the regular poleeks were joined by the Royal Canadian Mounted poleeks riding up on their horseradishes. Meanwhile Pearl and Vidalia had caught up and were sizzling with anger. Sauteying, there was a huge mix up and even though Garlicked usually relished controversy and was not one for mincing words, he found himself rooted to the spot with fear. After the dice up there were many tears… - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-11: 12:48:00
But they were young - in their salad days, so surely this latest pickle wouldn't be too jarring. And Gar could bagel night for Pearl's forgiveness. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-11: 13:05:00
unfortunately, he was pressed for time - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-11: 14:03:00
But Pearl was looking so saucy in that scampi dress, that he couldn't help but sautee over to her. It was a really hot reonion. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-11: 14:17:00
and that's shallots folks. - petaj, 2007-07-12: 03:15:00
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Forfriendfulness
Created by: Lapper
Pronunciation: for-FRIEND-full-ness
Sentence: Amy entered the room of her old classmates and knew that with her forfriendfulness, she would have to trick people into letting their names into the conversation.
Etymology: Forgetfulness and friends
Incognize
Created by: administraitor
Pronunciation: in-cog-neyes
Sentence: Many of her brain cells having lost the valiant struggle against Dom Perignon, Susan was forced to incognize most of the people she met, so successfully that everyone she called "Daahling" felt that they were best of friends.
Etymology: incognito + recognize
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COMMENTS:
Nice job, especially getting "incognito" in there. - Dboozer, 2007-07-11: 21:01:00
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Familanesia
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: fuh/mil/a/nee/zhuh
Sentence: "Hi! How are you two? How's everything?" What are their names? What are their names? Please mention your names. MEMORY WORK! MEMORY WORK!! MEMORY WORK!!! Another embarrassing case of familanesia making me feel uncomfortable again.
Etymology: familiar + amnesia
Forggels
Created by: amysmiles2000
Pronunciation: for-gah-elles
Sentence: When I bumped into Peter last weekend at the reunion, it was ackward. I was forced in giving forggels until I could recall who this man.
Etymology: forged + huggles fake hugs
Duhquaintance
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation: du kwayn tanse
Sentence: Though he led them well, casual nature led many to believe that he was perhaps disinterested in the System, but calling them Son and Daughter and passionately greeting them did much to dissuade the forming of such an opinion. How unpleased those closest to him would be if they understood that they were just duhquaintances.
Etymology: duh + acquaintance
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COMMENTS:
55 words. thanks for the suggestion mplsbohemian. - jadenguy, 2007-07-11: 11:28:00
oh, and i did a word for yesterday. i was just swamped yesterday! - jadenguy, 2007-07-11: 11:36:00
they probably loved Strawberry Duhaiquiris - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-11: 15:14:00
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Nameandfacedisorder
Created by: blondibabi121692
Pronunciation: name and face dis order
Sentence:
Etymology:
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
