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DEFINITION: v. To reject a compliment. May indicate low self-esteem, or false modesty, or even a psychopathic aversion to flattery. n. A person who has difficulty accepting praise.
Verboticisms
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Tribuke
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /tri-'byük/
Sentence: Words may never hurt him, but with all his tribuking, words couldn't really help him either.
Etymology: From tribute + rebuke
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COMMENTS:
nice! - wordmeister, 2007-01-19: 10:57:00
Thanks. - ErWenn, 2007-01-21: 00:34:00
Oh, I like that one! Very catchy, rolls off the tongue JUST right.:) - PolishedAmethyst, 2007-01-21: 03:19:00
Thanks to you too, PA. - ErWenn, 2007-01-21: 10:56:00
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Knockbackoff
Created by: Psychicsi
Pronunciation: nok-bak-off
Sentence: Mandy had to knockbackoff another of her party guests. Yes she was pretty, but she didnt want to come accross as easy.
Etymology: From knock-back (to reject something) and back-off
Subeageregoism
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: sub-eeger-eego-ism
Sentence: "Hi Anne, you look great", said Mary. Mary replied, "I wish I did, but I think I look dreadful" in a display of subeageregoism.
Etymology: sub = below Eager = with enthusiam Egoism = feeling of self importance or inflated worth
Aperflattic
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: app er flat ick
Sentence: Stan hated when Mary's responses were all aperflattic, to the point he never gave her any more compliments.
Etymology: from apathy and from flattery to be apparently apathetic about flattery
Unjecdius
Created by: beverly
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She was unjecdius when he complimented her.
Etymology: un- not ject- "reject" reject the compliment dius- medius (mediocre)think of themselves as mediocre because of their low self esteem.
Fawnblock
Created by: Maureen
Pronunciation: fawn - block
Sentence: I thought I was on to a hot thing with this chick but she fawnblocked me almost before I got the words out of my mouth.
Etymology: Fawn - to try to win favour. Block - to obstruct.
Perfecshun
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: per-fec-shun
Sentence: When I someone admires my artwork, I sometimes feel embarrassed, and perfecshun compliments.
Etymology: perfect (without fault) + shun (avoid)
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COMMENTS:
Me too... - wordmeister, 2007-01-19: 09:59:00
Too cute! Yeah, you got my vote! :) - PolishedAmethyst, 2007-01-21: 03:17:00
Too cute! Yeah, you got my vote! :) - PolishedAmethyst, 2007-01-21: 03:18:00
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Flattertatter
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: FLA-tur-ta-tur
Sentence: In a vain attempt to appear modest, Sue would always flattertatter any morsel of flattery sent her way; in reality, we all knew she was a compliment whore, looking to be reflatterized. (In the interest of a smaller sentence, I reverbotomized flattery.)
Etymology: flatter, tatter (to tear to shreds)
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COMMENTS:
Good reverb! - wordmeister, 2007-01-19: 10:04:00
I was briefly proud of it, until I discovered I was a vocabuloser. - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-19: 18:05:00
Tee hee!! - Sed8ed, 2007-01-19: 23:59:00
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Obliment
Created by: AllisonLittell
Pronunciation: Ob-li-ment
Sentence: Megan was obliment to Lauren because Lauren threw Megan off her horse.
Etymology: Ob-Against Compliment- To say something nice to someone.
Kudoschop
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: koo dose chop
Sentence: If a handsome guy paid Helen a compliment or chatted her up, she took it in stride. But when a loser in her office called Troy... an unkempt, loud jerk, tried to sing her praises, she always gave him a kudoschop. Afterall, she did not want to end up being Helen of Troy...
Etymology: Kudos (an expression of approval, compliments and commendation) & Chop (strike or hit sharply and suddenly) & Play on Judo Chop (The act of taking your hand and making a chop motion on a persons shoulder near the neck area while saying in a loud manner, "Judo chop-HAI!")
Comments:
Hey Verbotomists, Sorry for the double re-run. Here is a new one for today ~ James