DEFINITION: v. tr., To seek out, search for, and find old acquaintances even though you never really knew them that well, or liked them very much, in the first place.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Memorylame: /mem-uh-ree-leyn/ Ken caught the memorylame bug. He was feeling insecure and imagined all of the people from his past were more succesful than him. He soon found that he was doing being better than most, being retired at forty. Etymology: memory lane + lame Created by: Scrumpy.
Reminoyance: /-ˌɹɛməˈnɔɪəns-/ The urge for reminoyance can be hopeful (e.g. hoping that the school hottie has gotten nicer, is still attractive, and is now single) or pitiful (e.g. hoping that the ugly dork who asked you out hasn’t gotten meaner, is now attractive, and is still single). Etymology: From annoyance + reminiscence Created by: ErWenn.
Tracehellement: /Treis-hell-E-ment/ Bob, googled and gazette-gawped, hoping to find Trixy, who friends said had turned, since school days, from a termagant to a “ten” But, finally, when the folketchup took place, there was nothing saucy about her. Trixy was an “aghast from the past.” Bob, blunderstruck and aghasthenic, conceded that the whole episode had been a total tracehellement. He vowed that he would never allow himself to tracehellementate again. Etymology: Blend of trace & hell & element. element:one of the facts in the enquiry. Folketchup=folkatchup. Aghasthenic: weakened by surprize and horror. Created by: OZZIEBOB.
Hasbeenstalk: /has-been-stock/ Jack just couldn’t live in the present and became a hasbeenstalk(er). His mother accused him of living in a fairy tale but he assured her that one day he would live happily ever after. Etymology: has been (behind the times) + stalk (hunt or pursue) + Jack and the Beanstalk Created by: Jabberwocky.
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