Verboticisms

Created by: jajsr

Pronunciation: E-go-fin-da-mint

Sentence: Patti, who was an attractive woman, would always ask her not-so attractive friends for their opinions about dating and fashion, but would always counter their opinions with an egoffendiment that made her friends feel insecure about themselves.

Etymology: Mixture of "Ego", "Offend" and "iment" from Compliment

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Created by: logarithm

Pronunciation: waem-baem-bu-zEl

Sentence: Wifey: I wish this dress didn't make me fat. Hubby: I wish, too. Would you please stop whambamboozling? For the umpteenth times, you look absolutely gorgeous in that Prada dress!

Etymology: 1) Wham: hit hard; 2) Bamboozle: conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end.

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Created by: Jamagra

Pronunciation: wim/pa/thet/ik

Sentence: Marcie was surprised no one whimpathized with her after she mentioned "tubbing out" from a size 2 to a size 4. In fact her friends considered her quite whimpathetic.

Etymology: whimper (to cry with low sounds) + wimp (a weak or ineffective person) + pathetic (inspiring pity)

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COMMENTS:

Dang! Meant to spell the word as "whimpathetic"... - Jamagra, 2008-02-27: 10:53:00

Whimpathetic to garner the empathetic is rather wimpathetic! Perhaps your comment above is just a Freudian slip of the fingers! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 12:02:00

Whimpsically clever! - Tigger, 2008-02-27: 22:53:00

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Created by: oliviasull

Pronunciation: uh-mor-port

Sentence: The girl with the purple dress was amorportating and I was just sick of it!

Etymology: the love of getting support

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Created by: 586022

Pronunciation: ad-myr-seek-er

Sentence: The girl is an amdirseeker, she is always fishing for complements.

Etymology: admire: from Latin admirari seeker: to persieve

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Created by: emdeejay

Pronunciation: tizzle about a me

Sentence: Despite being a rather fetching looking girl, Jemima's self esteem was always a little on the low side. When a conversation turned to negative things, she always found a way to make a self deprecating remark. In the presence of opportunistic young lads she usually got what she wanted, and offers of more to boot! Unfortunately though Jemima's friends were flattered out sick of it; they wanted to give her a Tizzleaboutomy.

Etymology: Tizzle: silly lie or other hogwash. Aboutomy: as in 'abouta me' - tis all abouta me!

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COMMENTS:

And she clearly needs a tizz-lobotomy! :) - dochanne, 2008-12-11: 03:05:00

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Created by: Ismelstar

Pronunciation: [blan-dish-weyf]

Sentence: Carol is such a blandishwaif that she can subsist solely on my last compliment for more than a month.

Etymology: blandish (to coax or influence by gentle flattery; cajole) + waif (a person, esp. a child, who has no home or friends).

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: uh/sawlt/and/flat/uh/ree

Sentence: Megan learned early in life that negative self comments lead friends to say the nicest things to her. Unfortunately, this technique of assaultandflattery wears thin and people easily get tired of this baitandsoothe type of interaction.

Etymology: ASSAULTANDFLATTERY - noun - from ASSAULT AND BATTERY + FLATTERY

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COMMENTS:

I think I know Megan...heck, I think I'm related to her! - Mustang, 2008-12-11: 07:15:00

very clever - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-11: 09:26:00

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Created by: shelbs897

Pronunciation: mal-ego-dox

Sentence:

Etymology: mal: bad ego: self dox: praise

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: shuk ster

Sentence: Melanie was a shuckster. Everytime she was given a compliment, she'd turn it into a negative, so that people would have to compliment her more to convince her it was sincere. When Georgia complimented her on her new purple dress, Melanie said she thought it made her look fat. Then Georgia would insist that the colour suited Melanie so well. Finally Georgia, who had not had any compliments in a long time, got fed up with Melanie's act in demureness. Georgia told her flatly to enjoy any compliments she got now, because in 25 years, 2 kids and a divorce later, she probably wouldn't be able to fit that little purple dress anymore. Georgia knew from whence she spoke.

Etymology: Shucks (an expression of disappointment or irritation;something of little value...phrase Aw Shucks, is Characterized by a shy, self-effacing, often unsophisticated manner, intended to show humble reaction to compliments) & suffix "-ster" (Someone who is, or who is associated with, or who does something specified.) Rhymes wkith Huckster (a seller of shoddy goods)

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