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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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Assessesteem
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: ass-ess-ess-teem
Sentence: She assessesteemed daily but expected her daughters not to.
Etymology: assess + (self) esteem
Exovaluate
Created by: Madacaek
Pronunciation: Eck-so-va-lu-ate
Sentence: Stop exovaluating yourself, what matters is how YOU feel.
Etymology: Exo+evaluate.
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COMMENTS:
I like it. :{D - Wordhewer, 2007-07-25: 21:08:00
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Egolocate
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: ee-goh-LOH-kayt
Sentence: Alex's girlfriend egolocated for a half-hour: "I don't look fat, do I? Don't tell me I'm fat, okay? Please? Okay, just say I'm not fat, please."
Etymology: ego + echolocate
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COMMENTS:
Very nice. :{D Reminiscent of "echolocation", too. - Wordhewer, 2007-07-25: 01:28:00
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Sucksesstimate
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: suk-sess-tuh-mayt
Sentence: his friends were tired of his endless sucksesstimating
Etymology: suck, success, estimate
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COMMENTS:
sounds good with purple's word Charithmetic Sucksesstimator - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-25: 12:43:00
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Succesevalthem
Created by: dancerxoxox
Pronunciation: succes-eval-them
Sentence: she was in total successecalthem for as long as she worked in the office.
Etymology: success - evaluate - them
Insecurego
Created by: kabloozie
Pronunciation: in-seh-CUR-ee-go
Sentence: When no one commented on Stella's new hairdo, she began to toss her head in hopes of attracting attention. Her insecurego made everyone feel uncomfortable.
Etymology: Insecure + Ego
Oeval
Created by: riomarde
Pronunciation: O/eval
Sentence: She just can't feel good about herself without much oeval.
Etymology: Other = O eval = evaluate.
Youdentify
Created by: Wordhewer
Pronunciation: you-DEN'-tih-fy
Sentence: Marla obsessed on what others thought of her -- even her rivals. She was so much in the habit of youdentifying that she was unable to form an independent estimation of her own worth.
Etymology: Derivation: The "I" is taken from "identify" and replaced with "you", suggesting that "What you think of me is more important than what I think of myself."
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COMMENTS:
Oh, no! I overwrote my definition. I was trying to add a definition for another day's word. - Wordhewer, 2007-07-25: 20:19:00
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Appeerciated
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: uh/peer/shee/eyt/ed
Sentence: She only said, did and wore what her friends approved of. She felt totally appeerciated.
Etymology: appreciated + peer
Comments:
Wordhewer - 2007-07-25: 17:02:00
Interesting word... Etymology?