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

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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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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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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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Whosize

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: hoo/size

Sentence: Your whosize not to be confused with your shoe size determines whether or not you get invited to all the "cool" parties.

Etymology: who + shoe size

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COMMENTS:

Horton heard your whosize. - Kyoti, 2007-07-25: 17:22:00

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Peerworthy

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: Peer+worthy

Sentence: He pursued praise with a peerworthy paranoia.

Etymology: Peer+worthy

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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

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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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