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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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Whambamboozle
Created by: logarithm
Pronunciation: waem-baem-bu-zEl
Sentence: Wifey: I wish this dress didn't make me fat. Hubby: I wish, too. Would you please stop whambamboozling? For the umpteenth times, you look absolutely gorgeous in that Prada dress!
Etymology: 1) Wham: hit hard; 2) Bamboozle: conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end.
Memecry
Created by: dochanne
Pronunciation: Me me cry
Sentence: Gemma dreaded this part, the part of the evening when some idiot asked Joanne how she was. There was almost an audible pause in the hubbub of conversation in the room as the collective consciousness of those present registered the newcomers' error. And there was the indrawing of breath before the compliment-begging whine, how bad she was at her job, how fat she felt, how hard-done-by she was by all those people who took advantage of her sooo generous nature. It was not long before the party moved onto the balcony despite the cold outside. "Right, if he does that again, nobody invite that guy to the christmas party." said David, joining Gemma at the railing. "Nevermind him, why don't we just not invite the source of all that memecry?"
Etymology: Me, me it's all about ME! My life is so terrible and no-body loves me, if someone doesn't compliment me I think I'll cry! Mimicry - pretense or acting to benefit onesself; "playing" the victim..
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COMMENTS:
ME-arvellous word. EconoMEcal and ME-ticulous. - Nosila, 2008-12-11: 02:16:00
I like how Gemma is carrying the self-deprecation meme. Good one, Doc ;-) - emdeejay, 2008-12-11: 02:43:00
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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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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
Complitrolling
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kom-pluh-troh-ling
Sentence: Every time Allison says something bad about herself, she expects her friends to tell her how wrong she is. Her complitrolling has become so annoying that several of her buddies have taken to merely agreeing with her.
Etymology: compliment (an expression of praise, commendation, or admiration) + trolling (fishing)
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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Inslut
Created by: happywhenitrains
Pronunciation:
Sentence: That woman is such an inslut; all she does is talk about how much she hates herself.
Etymology: Insult+Slut
Joyderide
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: joi-DI-rahyd.
Sentence: The strange sounds that echoed in my head, obviously were even funnier on my lips, for my French speaking classmates laughed till they cried. And every day my pronunciation sounded worse, and there was nothing I could do to improve it. Then one day I said to myself, Bob you’re on a winner here; milk it, be the butt of their jokes, slip in a few Malay words and they will love you even more. It was fantastic I was more popular than ever before; the hurt had gone; the “joie de jeers” were now sweet music to my ears; my emotional tank was full again, and it was seat-belts on for the joyderide of my life.
Etymology: Blend of joy, joyride, & deride. Perhaps in line with the french flavour of my sentence, the verbotomy should be, "joie de ride".
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COMMENTS:
Oh ... a joy deride it for all it's worth! Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 12:08:00
very nice Ozzie - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-27: 13:10:00
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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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Depressionalist
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: de-pres-shun-al-ist
Sentence: Rita was great at being a depressionalist. She always got compliments when she talked down to herself.
Etymology: depression (sad) + analyist (deducting one's state of mind/being)
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COMMENTS:
Very thought provoking! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 18:01:00
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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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