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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
Rabblerate
Created by: ChristopherAndersen
Pronunciation: RA bul rate
Sentence: Who cares if nobody voted for your word? Don't rabblerate yourself.
Etymology: from "rabble" a mob, or common people, and "rate" to estimate the value of
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COMMENTS:
This is related to the word "hotornotracize," to choose your friends based on whether others find them cool or attractive. - ChristopherAndersen, 2007-07-31: 17:34:00
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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
Oeval
Created by: riomarde
Pronunciation: O/eval
Sentence: She just can't feel good about herself without much oeval.
Etymology: Other = O eval = evaluate.
Charithmetic
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: kah-rith-mah-tik
Sentence: Should she wear the demure pink dress, or the slinky black one? The fanfear was gut-wrenching, and keeping track of the charithmetic was getting difficult, as she had run out of fingers and toes on which to keep tally.
Etymology: charisma, arithmetic
Pollpularity
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: poll-pyu-larity
Sentence: Carmina was happy imagining that all of her classmates adored her. When she realised her pollpularity had dropped after her indiscretion in the canteen, she was plunged into self-loathing and despair.
Etymology: poll + popular
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COMMENTS:
Another clever word. :{) - Wordhewer, 2007-07-25: 13:03:00
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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
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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Modelate
Created by: tatterdemalion
Pronunciation: mod-el-ate
Sentence: After being told she was flat, Jen modelated until she was on the same note as her accuser.
Etymology: model + modulate
Comments:
Wordhewer - 2007-07-25: 17:02:00
Interesting word... Etymology?