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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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Fakinize
Created by: greeneye
Pronunciation: fake-in-ize
Sentence: Tom fakinized the oddly familiar woman, his smile barely masking his internal panic as he tried to remember his name.
Etymology:
Antianthroponym
Created by: ChrisCarrk
Pronunciation: an-tee-ann-throw-poh-nim
Sentence: The course of antianthroponology is offered at over 500 universities world wide!
Etymology: anti-anthroponym (technical word for human names)
Shmoozemporize
Created by: squirrelian
Pronunciation: shmoozemporize
Sentence: He shmoozemporized until he could make a graceful exit.
Etymology: "Shmooze" plus "temporize" (temporize as in stall for time).
Misfackle
Created by: jigendalitwoforks
Pronunciation: miss-fah-kull
Sentence: Lauren misfackled as the guy who went to her high school gave her a friendly hug.
Etymology:
Namefart
Created by: kdhills
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I ran into Tammy's brother on the subway yesterday and was completely embarassed when he said hello. I had a total namefart!
Etymology: Name + Brainfart
Forgetimate
Created by: maxronez
Pronunciation: fur-GET-im-ayt
Sentence: Oops, I was caught forgetimating... uh... whats-her-name.
Etymology: forget + mate
Ringabellfacing
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: ring-uh-bel-fays-ing
Sentence: I'm not going to my class reunion -- it will just be a bunch of people ringabellfacing each other.
Etymology: interfacing + rings-a-bell
Comments:
Jabberwocky - 2006-12-11: 12:34:00
Babel - I love hospiwhothehellity
babel - 2006-12-11: 13:45:00
familanesia is a great one stevenson
wordmeister - 2006-12-11: 14:01:00
Personally, I find embarassing when I get familanesia or hospiwhothehellity... Why do you guys like it?
Jabberwocky - 2006-12-11: 15:31:00
I agree - both are great words but Babel - I think you could expand it to hospiwhothellareyouity
babel - 2006-12-11: 15:33:00
hospiwhothehellareyoulookingatmelikeimsupposedtoknowyouity
babel - 2006-12-11: 15:34:00
oh well, i guess i found the max single word length haha
wordmeister - 2006-12-11: 15:51:00
Yes, I can only guess how your word ends...
CaptPoco - 2006-12-18: 10:19:00
Memorafeeblia is so fun to say!