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DEFINITION: To reject a compliment. May indicate low self-esteem, or false modesty, or even a psychopathic aversion to flattery.
Verboticisms
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Doubty
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Why are you always such a doubty?
Etymology:
Compleject
Created by: Gionuzzo
Pronunciation: KOM plee jekt
Sentence: Jill was forced into a therapy by her friends when she complejected to all of their attemps at casual flattery by refusing to accept them.
Etymology: Compliment + Object (as in objection)
Mustardseeding
Created by: mythman
Pronunciation: MUSS-turrd-see-ding
Sentence: The rich philosopher spoke only to other rich philosophers, MustardSeeding the poor who wanted to share their wisdom.
Etymology: In Jesus's time, the mustard-seed was considered a "weed" (until someone figured out its use).
Highlow
Created by: dancer002013
Pronunciation: hi-lo
Sentence: She highlows to him.
Etymology: german
Fawnix
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: fawn-ix
Sentence: Her fawnixation caused her to fixate on his poor speech and phonics.
Etymology: fawn (to flatter) + nix (to refuse)
Disstribute
Created by: administraitor
Pronunciation: dibb+trib+ute
Sentence: Every time an admirer made a flattering remark, Caroline would disstribute the unfortunate guy, making him question the strength of his deodorant.
Etymology: diss (slang - insult) + tribute (compliment)
Rephewsal
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ree feuu zal
Sentence: Her rephewsals caused even more jaw dropping than her entrances, leading the men to assume that she would be more at a convent than the convention.
Etymology: refusal, phew!
Fawnyawn
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: FAWN-yawn
Sentence: Alex's compliments of her choice of T-shirt and sweatpants were met only with a fawnyawn.
Etymology: fawn (to flatter) + yawn (as an expression of disdain)
Repelaud
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: re-PELL-ord
Sentence: Mergrin was a feisty goblin who refused to play the celebrity, although he was the high king of the gibrillaiths. He had developed a number of tricks to repelaud so as to avoid sinking into a neurotic spell of self-hatred.
Etymology: repel + laud
Kudojudo
Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: coo-doe-jue-doe
Sentence: After telling Marcia how wonderful her new outfit looked, she could have just said "thank you." Instead, she kudojudoed the compliment by explaining how she only paid five dollars for it at the local second-hand store.
Etymology: kudos (informal for praise) + Judo (Japanese martial art used in self defense)
