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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
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)
Amnesianuzzle
Created by: ReeTard
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Robert was approched by a hord of old friends whom he dutifully gave to each an amnesianuzzle.
Etymology:
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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Likeemphisis
Created by: smartperson
Pronunciation: like-em-fis-sis
Sentence: i have likeemphisis abot you.
Etymology:
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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Frots
Created by: missmurder
Pronunciation: frots
Sentence: The boy frots alot.
Etymology: forgets+alot
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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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
Heyyounited
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: hay-yoo-ni-ted
Sentence: When Bob was heyyounited with the pretty blonde he had slept with ten years ago, he lost all chances of getting another date.
Etymology: hey you (greeting used when you can't remember someone's name), reunited