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acquaintenance 

A facial expression showing slight confusion, often accompanied by a furrowed brow, brought on when meeting someone for the second-or-third time, before you can remember their name. Portmanteau of ACQUAINTANCE and COUNTENANCE.
It was obvious that I could not remember the new student's name, my face wearing the tell-tale acquaintenance of a poor memory.

Acquaintenance 

The act of continually maintaining connection by liking the Facebook statuses of an acquaintance.
Yeah man, I can't go out tonight, gotta do some Facebook acquaintenance so I can keep those sorta friendships alive.
Acquaintenance by Tood Smooth September 15, 2019

Polite Acquaintance Zone 

The proper place to consider an ex-lover after a bad break up. Should not be confused with the friend zone.
After she got over her anger about our break up, Nancy wanted to remain friends. But I think it's a better idea to keep her in my polite acquaintance zone.

Cool Guy Acquaintance 

A person that you're not really friends with but you're cool enough to go up to them and shake their hand and say "Sup, bro".
Roxy: Ya I'm not actually friends with Keith were just Cool Guy Acquaintances.

acquaintance 

1. Someone you know personally but is not officially your friend.
2. Someone you know during high school but will prolly never talk to him/her again after high school.
Yeah I know Bob, but he's not really my friend, we're just acquaintances.
acquaintance by some fool April 17, 2005

best acquaintance 

Person who is not your friend, but is at the border of friendship. Limit 1 per person.
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proper lad 

a lad that is such a lad that he is a proper lad
person1:did you see bob
person2: ya he was a proper lad
Word of the Day on October 29, 2026
The number of years you are still sexually active
While our lifespan is the number of years we will live, our healthspan is the number of healthy years we will have and our sexspan is is the number of years we will continue to be healthy enough to continue having an active sex life.
sexspan by Dr Kat April 21, 2022
Word of the Day on October 28, 2026
A lighthearted reaction upon receiving disappointing news of some sort. Usually something that isn't a particularly a big deal, esp. when it primarily affects someone else - sort of a mild schadenfreude. Sometimes doubled or tripled, and possibly said in a sing-songy voice for added comedic effect to imitate a muted trumpet, which is how the meme originated.
You didn't get any napkins with your takeout pork fried rice? Womp womp.
womp by 175623226 November 3, 2011
Word of the Day on October 27, 2026
When your wife’s boyfriend let you sleep past 8pm 😎😎
Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
Word of the Day on October 26, 2026
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