smeet
v.— «The first time members of the leading online virtual world got together for the face-to-face reality of the Second Life Community Convention, it was a lexicographer’s dream. “People actually coined a new phrase: ‘Nice to “smeet” you.’ S-M-E-E-T,” says Randal Moss, executive director of the conference. “Smeet,” Moss explains, is short for “second meeting,” the first one having happened on the Second Life grid.» —“At conference, Second Life meets real life” by Steve Johnson Chicago Tribune Aug. 24, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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