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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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Likeemphisis
Created by: smartperson
Pronunciation: like-em-fis-sis
Sentence: i have likeemphisis abot you.
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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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.
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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Frots
Created by: missmurder
Pronunciation: frots
Sentence: The boy frots alot.
Etymology: forgets+alot
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
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
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
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
Shargot
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: sh-ay-r-g-aw-t
Sentence: Meggy felt soooooo uncomfortable as she and everyone else in the room tried to remember each other's names.
Etymology: share+forgot
