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DEFINITION: v.To be so obsessed with your own cleverness and wittiness that you don't listen to what anyone else is saying, let alone understand them. v. A person who is obsessed with their own wittiness.

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Talkseemea

Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: tok/see/mee/ah

Sentence: An acute case of talksemea renders the victim completely obsessed with their own words.

Etymology: talk + see me + toxemia

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Egowilde

wordygrrrl

Created by: wordygrrrl

Pronunciation: ego-wild

Sentence: The egowilde chortled at his own jokes so loudly he could not hear anyone else speak.

Etymology: egotistical character wild about themselves as Oscar Wilde was reportedly

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Pompbastic

Created by: Stevenson0

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Sentence: Pompbastic Paul was proud of his perfect pathetic pun.

Etymology: pompous + bombastic

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Selflatonomy

Created by: ChrisCarrk

Pronunciation: sell-flat-oh-no-me

Sentence: He was a graduate of the selflatonomy class.

Etymology: self flattering

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Egoisolated

alecstevenson

Created by: alecstevenson

Pronunciation: ego-iso-lated

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Etymology: ego + isolated

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Vanwitty

Created by: Jabberwocky

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Sentence: His vanwitty was so astonishing - he kept himself amused all day with his clever banter

Etymology: vanity + wit

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Infarceuated

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: in fars yu ay ted

Sentence: Art Fulretort was the office wag. He was clever enough and could be very droll in his assessments of people and events. He had always been the class clown in school and now had a broader audience on which to practice his comedy craft. He was so full of confidence that his humor was better than others that he entered the America's Got Talent Contest. So infarceuated was he with his schtick that he failed to hear the 3 judges bang their red X buttons in record time and the audience boo him off the stage. Art's not going to Vegas...

Etymology: Infatuated (obsessed with; marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness) & Farce (a comedy characterized by broad satire, wit and improbable situations)

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Verbotomist

Created by: SethelMerman

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Just kidding, kind of... - SethelMerman, 2009-07-19: 12:45:00

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Wittignoramous

Created by: jmedaris

Pronunciation: wit-ig-nor-a-mus

Sentence: As usual, the wittignoramous commandeered the conversation, dropping pearls of wisdom at the feet of us swine!

Etymology:

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Narcivated

Created by: Paloma

Pronunciation: NAR-sih-vay-ted

Sentence: John was so narcivated he would laugh at his own pretentious jokes before he'd even said the punchline.

Etymology: Narcissus (Greek hero who fell in love with his own reflection) + captivated

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Comments:

- 2006-11-16: 07:11:00
Vanwitty is a good one.

- 2006-11-16: 10:11:00
The sentences need more profile -- they are as amusing as the words: The egowilde chortled at his own jokes so loudly he could not hear anyone else speak.

franke franke - 2006-11-16: 19:11:00
Nice one Bjorn!

queeny - 2006-11-17: 14:11:00
I wish I could change my vote. sometimes I vote to early in the day. I want to change my vote. please. ps. great colourful cartoons. I love to see them printed up on a shirt or something.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-07-17: 00:05:00
Today's definition was illustrated by Franke James. Thank you Franke. ~ James