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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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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.

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Malegodiction

Created by: emd11

Pronunciation: mal-ee-go-dict-shun

Sentence: Even though she knew she was smart, she used a malegodiction, to get her friend to tell her so.

Etymology: Malegodiction comes from the bases mal-bad, ego- self, and dict- speak. It means to speak badly about oneself in order to gain praise from others.

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Ooo, I like that one. Good job, EMD :-) - XMbIPb, 2010-05-12: 17:21:00

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Lauren

Created by: 531217

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Flattersnare

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈflædɚˌsnɛɹ/

Sentence: The sort of person who gets caught in a flattersnare tends to care about others' feelings and escape generally means doing even more damage to the trapper's feelings, so escape is generally difficult. However, repeatedly trapping the same person is dangerous as even the biggest softy in the world has their limits.

Etymology: from flatter + snare

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So strong a word, I feel snared by it! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 11:57:00

Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-27: 16:00:00

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Cumpliavailpresag

Created by: faliskie1

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Blandishwaif

Created by: Ismelstar

Pronunciation: [blan-dish-weyf]

Sentence: Carol is such a blandishwaif that she can subsist solely on my last compliment for more than a month.

Etymology: blandish (to coax or influence by gentle flattery; cajole) + waif (a person, esp. a child, who has no home or friends).

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Vainerize

Created by: patatoast

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Complimentendorsee

Created by: jonrow

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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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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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Slureptitious

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: slur ept ish us

Sentence: She was very slureptitious from an early age. At school she would complain that she only won prizes because the teacher pitied her because she came from a broken home (which was true, but only because she had broken most of it, includint all the crystal from her persistant screaming. To this day dogs will not walk down that street).

Etymology: slur, surreptitious

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Erupted in laughter over your sentence. Fun one! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 12:11:00

she sounds lovely - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-27: 13:17:00

Lots of laughter and nice word blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-27: 15:58:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-27: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by Maxine. Thank you Maxine. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-05-10: 00:04:00
Today's definition was suggested by Maxine. Thank you Maxine. ~ James

mrali613 - 2011-09-22: 13:46:00
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