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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.

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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)

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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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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

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Hootherhug

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: who-the-hug

Sentence: As usual Bob stuck close to Betty to make use of her photographic memory. Nevertheless he could not entirely avoid hootherhugging a bunch of his trice-removed cousins that Betty had never met before.

Etymology: Who the heck are you? + hug

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COMMENTS:

If you found out that she used to be your wet nurse or your favourite waitress, would you give her a hooterhug? - galwaywegian, 2007-07-11: 06:52:00

is it a hoosierhug if they went to Indiana U or were that guy who also did lex luthor, what was his name... - jadenguy, 2007-07-11: 11:43:00

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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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Ummism

Created by: mysti

Pronunciation: ummm-izm

Sentence: Oh no, I hope I don't suffer from ummism when I meet up with my old friends.

Etymology: Someone might use the word 'umm' when they are not sure what else to say

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Nameandfacedisorder

Created by: blondibabi121692

Pronunciation: name and face dis order

Sentence:

Etymology:

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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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