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DEFINITION: To recognize and loudly greet a friend only to realize that it is a complete stranger, who now thinks that you are somewhat odd.
Verboticisms
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Whoopsicall
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: WOOP-si-call
Sentence: When Gary made a whoopsicall to a woman he thought was Margret he felt the cold chill of embarrassment creeping down his neck.
Etymology: Whoops (a commmon exclaimation when making an error) with call (a shout out to my peeps) mixed with Popsicle because you feel that cold feeling of making an error.
Helloops
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: hell + oops
Sentence: Man, that guy looked EXACTLY LIKE Adolf Hitler - what a complete helloops!
Etymology: hello + oops. (Note: I created this word for this definition the first time around. I liked it too much not to use it again.)
Wafflecrapper
Created by: kakashi13
Pronunciation: Wa fl cra per
Sentence: She's no wafflecrapper but id do her anyway.
Etymology: A person so hot you wouldent care if they came up and tuke a crap on your waffle.
Malute
Created by: kundalinikat
Pronunciation: v. MAL-oot n. MAL-yoo-tay-shun
Sentence: Bob's awkward malutation began the blind date on the wrong note.
Etymology: mal (Latin for 'bad') + salute or salutation
Nothuithot
Created by: fanoog
Pronunciation: Not who I thought
Sentence: sorry, you are nothuithot.
Etymology: not who i thought
Greetgaffe
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: GREET-gaff
Sentence: You should have seen the look on Bob's chumystified face, when he realized that the person whom he had greeted so loudly was a complete stranger. This greetgaffe was just the latest in his long list of cobberclangers. Only later on, when he learned that it was his greatest chumistake yet, did he decide that it was time to start compiling a corrifriendum.
Etymology: Greet: to welcome & gaffe: awkward social error, a faux pas.
Helloaaah
Created by: sevenjades
Pronunciation: Hello - aaahh
Sentence: Oh, god, I just did a complete helloaaaah to that wierd guy!
Etymology: Combination of "Hello" and "aaaahh", as in the sound one makes when one frantically tries to place who a person is and what to say to cover the gaff.
Irecognize
Created by: Lurky2000
Pronunciation: Ih-recognize
Sentence: omg, I like totally irecognized you
Etymology:
Astigmate
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: a-STIG-mate
Sentence: Sharna's refusal to wear her glasses resulted in her frequently astigmating astounded strangers. This carried over to her online life where small, blurry profile images compounded the problem. Unlike in real life, some of her online astigmates thought it endearing, albeit odd, and eventually 'friended' her in facebook.
Etymology: astigmia + mate
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COMMENTS:
But I still like randomactofblindness better from my first go round with this definition. - petaj, 2007-09-03: 03:07:00
I often finish up with a number of verboticisms for the definition- and, to play safe I put them in my sentence. I do like "astigmate" though. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-03: 23:31:00
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