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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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Disparagus
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dis par a gus
Sentence: When he came in to work, he always shook off comments about his appearance. He was slim, well-dressed and groomed himself well, but could not take a compliment gracefully. His coworkers atarting calling him a disparagus, which was funny because his first name was Gus.
Etymology: Disparage (self-deprecate;diminish) & Asparagus (edible young shoots of the asparagus plant, a vegetable)
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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Melign
Created by: Banky
Pronunciation: me-line
Sentence: Joel quickly grew defensive when we called him out for constantly meligning himself to garner compliments that would assuage his ego. "I WISH I could be self-deprecating," he retorted, "but I'm unfortunately just not very good at it."
Etymology: me - reference to one's self, malign - to disparage by speaking ill of
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COMMENTS:
Very good 'me'aning! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 17:36:00
Loved the irony of your sentence! - Tigger, 2008-02-27: 22:41:00
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Moanapleasa
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: mow-nah-plee-sah
Sentence: Cindy is such a moanapleasa! If I have to listen to her complain one more time about how she is too thin and it trying to gain weight I swear that i am going to hold her down and force feed her a whole bag of triple Giant Burgers.
Etymology: moan: to whine + please: to give satisfaction combined into a play on Mona Lisa: a famous painting
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COMMENTS:
I like this one. My other vote goes to you! - logarithm, 2008-12-11: 13:22:00
NNNNNOOOOTTTTTTT!!!!!! - timlumber1, 2008-12-13: 17:15:00
I RECOMEND YOU TRY AGAIN TOMOROW, BUT I DO THINK THE WORD IS FUNNY. - timlumber1, 2008-12-14: 05:09:00
ooh... tin... no need to be rude... - libertybelle, 2008-12-15: 11:21:00
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Flatterbate
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: FLAT ur bate
Sentence: Ethel couldn't stand another lunch with Marcia, who used every opportunity to flatterbate in order to draw out sympathetic disagreement with her negative comments about herself.
Etymology: combined form of flatter, to praise insincerely or profusely, and masturbate, to pleasure oneself.
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COMMENTS:
Sorry, too obvious given the definition (misspelling of "bait" was an irresistable clue). - stache, 2008-02-27: 15:29:00
There's no way to make this more enticing! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 17:46:00
It has such allure! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 17:48:00
you must have entered this late in the day - great word - bookowl, 2008-02-29: 16:32:00
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Complimentfisher
Created by: 532641
Pronunciation: com-pli-ment-fish-errr
Sentence: betty says bad things about herself all the time, she's such a complimentfisher.
Etymology: made up may 10th in the 2010's for mr. g's etymology class.
Egoflog
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: EE-go-flog
Sentence: Having very low self esteem, Lindy would often resort to egoflogging in order to rationalize her self induced sense of worthlessness.
Etymology: Blend of 'ego' (sense of one's worth or importance) and 'flog' (to beat with or as if with a rod or whip, to criticize harshly)
Egobuilder
Created by: 775567
Pronunciation: (ee-go-bill-der)
Sentence: Man, that cheerleader is a real egobuilder.
Etymology: ego - self build - create er - suffix
Shuckster
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: shuk ster
Sentence: Melanie was a shuckster. Everytime she was given a compliment, she'd turn it into a negative, so that people would have to compliment her more to convince her it was sincere. When Georgia complimented her on her new purple dress, Melanie said she thought it made her look fat. Then Georgia would insist that the colour suited Melanie so well. Finally Georgia, who had not had any compliments in a long time, got fed up with Melanie's act in demureness. Georgia told her flatly to enjoy any compliments she got now, because in 25 years, 2 kids and a divorce later, she probably wouldn't be able to fit that little purple dress anymore. Georgia knew from whence she spoke.
Etymology: Shucks (an expression of disappointment or irritation;something of little value...phrase Aw Shucks, is Characterized by a shy, self-effacing, often unsophisticated manner, intended to show humble reaction to compliments) & suffix "-ster" (Someone who is, or who is associated with, or who does something specified.) Rhymes wkith Huckster (a seller of shoddy goods)
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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