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Mawkward 

-adjective

1. mad awkward

2. the state of being awkward in a mad way

3. lacking social graces or manners, awkward

—Related forms
mawk·ward·ly, adverb
mawk·ward·ness, noun
un·mawk·ward, adjective
un·mawk·ward·ly, adverb
un·mawk·ward·ness, noun

—Synonyms

1. awkward, unhandy, inexpert.

—Antonyms

1. deft, adroit. 2. smooth
1. Dick: H-h-h-hey Sarah

Michelle: My name's Michelle...

Lionel: Mawkward...

2. (stranded at a party 50 miles from home)

Sebastian: Yo dude can I have a ride?

Tucker: Yeah man. My dad will pick us up

(Tucker's father arrives in a Porsche Coupe)

Tucker: There's only 2 seats dude... sorry gotta go.

(Tucker races off into the sunset)

Sebastian: Mawkward...
Mawkward by 12ssmalanskas August 9, 2010
Related Words

mockward 

1) Making a situation more awkward by mocking how awkward it is. The situation need not be awkward in the first place.

Apparently coined by Washington Post columnist Monica Hesse.

2) Mocking someone in an awkward — and thereby probably unsuccessful — manner.

Apparently coined by then-Columbia Journalism Review assistant editor Megan Garber.
Someone asked to define the word "awkward" will often resort to describing the task as "awkward," which is just mockward. When someone does the same with "mockward," it's meta-mockward.
mockward by PBMax May 11, 2008

mawkward 

mawkward
excessively, simperingly awkward.
1. "I can't decide if 'Miguelito', dry humping Troy's leg, nose twitching like a bunny, is adorable or mawkward!"
2. "The Oprah show's schmaltz factor is off the rails these days, too mawkward, i just can't watch."

(or maybe "...mawkward, i love it!")
mawkward by tess jr January 27, 2009

Monawkward 

A portmanteau of "moniker" and "awkward"; Describes the situation after the realization that the new guy to a group uses an individual's specific name REALLY often while referring to everyone else as simply "guys", "hey, you", etc. because he doesn't know anyone else's name and is attempting to overcompensate.
"As Chad referred to me by name for the 5000th time, I noticed that he had never directly addressed anyone else since the first day of school. It was monawkward, to say the least, after that."