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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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Dissedmiss
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: dis-d-mis
Sentence: She thought he must be being sarcastic about her new hairstyle. In that, she was a classic dissedmiss.
Etymology: diss + miss (failure to hit the mark)
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COMMENTS:
:) - galwaywegian, 2011-01-11: 15:11:00
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Dissacclaim
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: diss/ah/claym
Sentence: To dissacclaim she was able to convince herself that she was in her own special world averse to any flattery but her own
Etymology: diss (short for disrespect or dismiss) + acclaim (praise)
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COMMENTS:
Hey Stevenson0, I will refrain from dissacclaimation, because I know you are in you own special world... - wordmeister, 2007-01-19: 10:55:00
Did somebody just say something? No - didn't think so - Stevenson0, 2007-01-19: 11:14:00
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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
Complishield
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: com pli shield
Sentence: Before finding the right medication and therapy, he would complishield every favorable statement directed towards him.
Etymology: Compliment and shield
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
Propdrop
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: prop-drop
Sentence: after he complimented her on her hair, she decided to propdrop... so as not to appear too vain too soon
Etymology: drop, props
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.
Circumtotapraise
Created by: DeanHildner
Pronunciation: Ser-kum-tot-uh-praise
Sentence: Donna circumtotapraised the compliment Brian gave her.
Etymology: Circum- around tot- all; whole praise- praise
Totiject
Created by: vicminer
Pronunciation: to-ti-ject
Sentence: The not-so attracrtive man gave the gorgeous woman flowers, but she totijected him.
Etymology: tot-whole ject-to throw
Flirtavoid
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: flur-ta-void
Sentence: She was intensely shy and had a reputation for flirtavoidance due to her habit of "talk-to-the-hand" gestures when the opposite sex approached.
Etymology: flirt + avoid (pretty obvious)
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COMMENTS:
Yes, I have observed the "talk-to-the-hand" gestures. Now I know it's flirtavoidance, I'll knockbackoff... - wordmeister, 2007-01-19: 10:03:00
Yes, wouldn't want to get involved with a psychopath. - petaj, 2007-01-21: 03:13:00
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Comments:
Hey Verbotomists, Sorry for the double re-run. Here is a new one for today ~ James