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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.
Verboticisms
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Amorport
Created by: oliviasull
Pronunciation: uh-mor-port
Sentence: The girl with the purple dress was amorportating and I was just sick of it!
Etymology: the love of getting support
Egotsk
Created by: nickmarziani
Pronunciation: ee-go-tisk
Sentence: Brian: If I could just lose ten pounds, I could really pull off this outfit. Edgar: Egotsk, dude--you know damn well you look hot in that cardigan!
Etymology: Egoist(conceited, boastfil person) + Tsk (a declaration of disdain)
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COMMENTS:
nice and concise - petaj, 2008-12-11: 02:07:00
Cute, and very good verboticism - Mustang, 2008-12-11: 07:14:00
I dont like your word! Sorry dude! - timlumber1, 2008-12-13: 17:11:00
I think your ego got in the way, it was your ego-tisk HAHA please try again! - timlumber1, 2008-12-14: 05:07:00
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Wimpathetic
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: wim/pa/thet/ik
Sentence: Marcie was surprised no one whimpathized with her after she mentioned "tubbing out" from a size 2 to a size 4. In fact her friends considered her quite whimpathetic.
Etymology: whimper (to cry with low sounds) + wimp (a weak or ineffective person) + pathetic (inspiring pity)
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COMMENTS:
Dang! Meant to spell the word as "whimpathetic"... - Jamagra, 2008-02-27: 10:53:00
Whimpathetic to garner the empathetic is rather wimpathetic! Perhaps your comment above is just a Freudian slip of the fingers! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 12:02:00
Whimpsically clever! - Tigger, 2008-02-27: 22:53:00
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Phatlessburkle
Created by: timlumber1
Pronunciation: fat-less-burck-ule
Sentence: She was so rude to the hot girl at the party she appeared to be a phatlessburkle,it seemed like she was very jealous of her!
Etymology: phatlessburkle - to not be a hottie and hate on sexy girls
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COMMENTS:
I love this word ! - timlumber1, 2008-12-13: 17:10:00
VOTE FOR ME, STEP RIGHT UP FOLKS AND PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR VOTE! - timlumber1, 2008-12-13: 17:19:00
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Badulation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ba/du/lay/shun
Sentence: Sally discovered that she could attract more flattery by dropping snippets of badulation such as "I wish I could be as warm and cozy as you but with 0% bodyfat and this ridicuouisly slender body I could only end up with the thankless job of making designer's clothes look fabulous."
Etymology: bad + adulation
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COMMENTS:
Yes, it is way better to be a great Human Clotheshanger than a great Human Being! - Nosila, 2008-12-11: 22:20:00
Excellent. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-13: 16:14:00
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Dummyhead
Created by: bossleafman
Pronunciation: duhm-ee; hed
Sentence: She was being a dummy head, saying she was overweight when she only weighed a measley 100 pounds.
Etymology: dummy -from the english word dumb meaning stupid. head - from the english word head,meaning the origin of emotions.
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COMMENTS:
this word is the tits - bossleafman, 2010-05-10: 13:23:00
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Egobuilder
Created by: 775567
Pronunciation: (ee-go-bill-der)
Sentence: Man, that cheerleader is a real egobuilder.
Etymology: ego - self build - create er - suffix
Admirseeker
Created by: 586022
Pronunciation: ad-myr-seek-er
Sentence: The girl is an amdirseeker, she is always fishing for complements.
Etymology: admire: from Latin admirari seeker: to persieve
Flatterseeker
Created by: eheber
Pronunciation: fuh lat er cee kuher
Sentence: That girl is such a flatterseeker, all she does is ask for attention.
Etymology: Flatter from the Latin root Flatt is a form of compliment. Seeker from the Greek root Seek is one who trys to find something.
Derogastory
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: dur/og/a/story
Sentence: Oh no...run. Here comes Beth with another derogastory
Etymology: derogatory + story
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COMMENTS:
So well done, we feel like running away with you! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 11:38:00
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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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