Verboticism: Hasbeenstalker

'Wow, you haven't changed since high school!'

DEFINITION: v., To seek out old acquaintances even though you never really knew them that well, or liked them very much, in the first place. n. An old and unwanted friend who has suddenly reappeared.

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Hasbeenstalker

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: has/been/stock/ur

Sentence: Jack just couldn’t live in the present and became a hasbeenstalker. His mother accused him of living in a fairy tale but he assured her that one day he would live happily ever after. Eventually he got a job at he supermarket stocking day old beans.

Etymology: has been (behind the times) + stalk (hunt or pursue) + Jack and the Beanstalk

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Comments: Hasbeenstalker

galwaywegian - 2008-09-01: 07:34:00
heh

metrohumanx - 2008-09-01: 08:41:00
Like IS like a beanstalk, isn't it?