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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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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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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.
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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COMMENTS:
Ooo, I like that one. Good job, EMD :-) - XMbIPb, 2010-05-12: 17:21:00
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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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Egobuilder
Created by: 775567
Pronunciation: (ee-go-bill-der)
Sentence: Man, that cheerleader is a real egobuilder.
Etymology: ego - self build - create er - suffix
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)
Flatterplant
Created by: freiflug
Pronunciation: /flætərplænt/
Sentence: "By telling me how hard it is for good-looking women to find an honest guy, Karen flatterplanted me." "Jessica needs to be constantly reminded of her stunning physique and overall popularity. She can't survive one day without a compliment. She's such a flatterplant."
Etymology: flatter: to compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favour; to enhance someone's vanity by praising them; to portray something to advantage plant: (transitive) to place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow; (transitive) to place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit
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COMMENTS:
Good combo. - artr, 2010-05-10: 12:29:00
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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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COMMENTS:
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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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.
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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