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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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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
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
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
Memorafeeblia
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: memor/ah/feeb/lia
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 + memory
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COMMENTS:
Not to be confused with the fish that school around geriatric sharks: remorafeeblia. ;)) Good one, Jabs! - Kyoti, 2007-07-11: 18:12:00
Those remora are there for the food. They should be remorafeedlia - petaj, 2007-07-12: 03:11:00
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Welcummm
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: WEHL-kuhmmm
Sentence: Alex welcummmed his cousin Betty--or was it Jean?
Etymology: welcome + ummm (sound made when trying to remember)
Likeemphisis
Created by: smartperson
Pronunciation: like-em-fis-sis
Sentence: i have likeemphisis abot you.
Etymology:
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
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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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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