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DEFINITION: To measure your success, or evaluate your self-worth, based on what other people think.
Verboticisms
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Oneuppish
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: one up ish
Sentence: maralyn was oneupish she always wanted to be better than the other girl.
Etymology: one upmanship...
Renarciflect
Created by: themeanreds
Pronunciation: re-nar-se-flekt
Sentence: Do you think my constant renarciflecting makes me look stupid?
Etymology: Reflect + Narcissus = renarciflect
Reflectesteem
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: ree-FLEKT-uh-steem
Sentence: Bonnie's reflectesteem was boosted by the drooling looks she got at the swimming pool.
Etymology: reflect + esteem
Insecuridation
Created by: IanArcher
Pronunciation: in-se-KYUR-i-DAY-shun
Sentence: Though lovely, it's clear the three woen in today's graphic suffer from insecuridation.
Etymology: from "insecurity" and "validation"
Egoutruvate
Created by: Stump
Pronunciation: e/gahw/trew/vate
Sentence: Shannon tended to egoutruvate too much and it often got her down since she couldn't read people properly - even if they were a Dr. Seuss book.
Etymology: From the words Ego, outer, and evaluate.
Theiranoia
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: THERE-a-noy-a
Sentence: Jessica suffered a theiranoia so deep that she had "Does this make my butt look big" printed on the back of her T-shirt.
Etymology: Their (opinions) + paranoia
Selfishesteem
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: self-ish-est-eem
Sentence: Models, celebrities and fashionistas all measure their selfishesteem in others' opinions.
Etymology: sef-esteem plus selfish.... simple!
Egother
Created by: vixphilia
Pronunciation: EEE-gOH-ther
Sentence: I don't care about how you look like. Stop egothering yourself, it's cheap.
Etymology: Ego + Other
