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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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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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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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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
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.
Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: high-per-in-form-E-uh
Sentence: Thanks to John's hyperinformia, he can recite the complete installation instructions for his new garage door opener in English, Spanish, and French.
Etymology:
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
Frots
Created by: missmurder
Pronunciation: frots
Sentence: The boy frots alot.
Etymology: forgets+alot
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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