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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.

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Praiseblock

Created by: maxxy

Pronunciation: PRAYZ-blok

Sentence: Jim tried to tell his wife how much he admired her skill at parenting. But Sue, suspecting an ulterior motive, praiseblocked him.

Etymology: praise + block

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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.

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Disacclaim

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: dis-ac-claim

Sentence: Gwen disacclaimed Gary's attempt at showering her with compliments and hid in the ladies room until he gave up and went away.

Etymology: disclaim: to deny the validity of; repudiate + acclaim: praise enthusiastically

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Yustadre

Created by: adbern

Pronunciation: Yust-adre

Sentence: Maybe a justadre

Etymology: YUST A DREamer

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Rekudodiate

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: re koodo dee ayt

Sentence: Although she took pains to look gorgeous, Shyanne could only rekudodiate the kind words she heard. Sadly, she did not have enough self-esteem to believe them.

Etymology: repudiate (reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust) & Kudo (an expression of approval and commendation)

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Garmaging

Created by: greengoddess

Pronunciation: Garm age in

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Stompliment

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: stomp - le - ment

Sentence: Douglas turned every compliment into a stompliment as he could not accept them. Instead he ignored or stomped all over anything positive that people said about him.

Etymology: stomp, compliment

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