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DEFINITION: v. To seek compliments and/or support by insulting oneself or by complaining about the difficulty of one's life. n. A person who uses self-deprecation as flattery bait.
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Egomanivivus
Created by: catcher93
Pronunciation: ego mani viv us
Sentence: You are too egomanivivus, all you care about is how much you think that dress makes you look fat.
Etymology: ego comes from the latin word ego meaning I/self. mani comes from the english word maniac. and viv comes from the latin word viva meaning life
Manipubait
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: man - ip - u - bayt
Sentence: Georgia was at it again....she really knew how to manipubait everyone into saying the things she needed to hear.... "Don't you think my hair is really looking ratty today", "Look at all the puffiness under my eyes", "I really need to get a tighter girdle. Things are escaping that you don't want to see"...etc, etc. She always got the results she wanted....lots of comments on how thin, pretty, young and intelligent she was.
Etymology: Manipulate (influence or control shrewdly or deviously; "He manipulated public opinion in his favor") + Bait (lure, entice, or entrap with bait)
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COMMENTS:
You wont be seeing this in the paper! - timlumber1, 2008-12-13: 17:16:00
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Overesteemer
Created by: AMurray
Pronunciation: o-ver-es-teem-er
Sentence: Nobody like an overesteemer they make everyone else feel bad.
Etymology: over-above and beyone es-self teem-thought er- (suffix) being of or from
Badulation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ba/du/lay/shun
Sentence: She was so full of badulation that she had to point out she might have missed a whole decimal point and only ended up with 99%.
Etymology: bad + adulation
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COMMENTS:
When it comes to the definition, very nice catch all! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 11:41:00
Good Word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-27: 15:48:00
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Ultraegodemony
Created by: Grim13
Pronunciation: ul-tra-E-go-de-mo-ni
Sentence: That girl is such an egomaniac and always tries to pull an ultraegodemony.
Etymology: ultra=beyond or extra ego= self dem= people
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COMMENTS:
you suck butthole - bossleafman, 2010-05-10: 13:24:00
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Attentionbeggest
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: ah-ten-shun-beg-ist
Sentence: Kim Carcrashagain was such an attentionbeggest.
Etymology: The act of needing so much attention that a person will beg for it.
Autoselfpitiate
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: auto-self-pity-ate
Sentence: Here it comes. My wife puts on the dress and autoselfpitiates by asking me the age-old-loaded-death-question..."does this make my butt look big?"
Etymology: auto; self-pity
Belittlebigman
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: bee-lit-tull-big-man
Sentence: In his acceptance speech, the oscar-winning actor made little of his accomplishment, instead giving much credit to everyone else in the movie, and to those who had a hand in making the movie. His down play of himself, worked in reverse, making him seem even better, nobler, and nicer. It was his way to belittlebigman.
Etymology: Belittle and big man, also a play on the movie Little Big Man. Belittle: make little of: down play. Big Man: slang expression meaning great or important person.
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COMMENTS:
It could also have been Louisa belitllinglittlewomen - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-27: 13:04:00
If the movie was about General Custer's demise, it may have been titled, "Belittlebigman at the "Little Big Horn" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-27: 15:54:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Maxine. Thank you Maxine. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Maxine. Thank you Maxine. ~ James
mrali613 - 2011-09-22: 13:46:00
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