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DEFINITION: To measure your success, or evaluate your self-worth, based on what other people think.

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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

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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

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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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Loubooakoukie

Created by: lilcutie12

Pronunciation: lou Boo A COOKIE

Sentence:

Etymology:

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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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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

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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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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

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