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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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Highlow
Created by: dancer002013
Pronunciation: hi-lo
Sentence: She highlows to him.
Etymology: german
Dysaccoladia
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: dis-ak-ko-lay-DI-a
Sentence: Roxie didn't have low self-esteem or false modesty. She was suffering from dysaccoladia with an obsessional loathing for the obsequious; a phobia fearing fawnicators and was waging a war on wheedlers.
Etymology: From "dys" a prefix meaning "ill, abnormal, bad; "accolade" meaning "praise" in familiar speech and "ia" "condition"
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COMMENTS:
Got one of my votes. :) - Wordhewer, 2007-08-07: 05:51:00
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Genudeflect
Created by: Mintthyme
Pronunciation: 'jen-y&-di-flekt'
Sentence: Embarrassed by John's compliment, Sally quickly genudeflected.
Etymology: genuflect (to revere, worship) + deflect (to turn aside)
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COMMENTS:
Very nice. Here's a vote. - Wordhewer, 2007-08-07: 05:52:00
Anything with a "nude" in it works for me! - administraitor, 2007-08-07: 12:08:00
Oh my gosh, thank you. I mean, No thank you. - Mintthyme, 2007-08-08: 05:41:00
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Complament
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: comp-lah-ment
Sentence: even as i said it, i knew she would complament my compliment
Etymology: compliment, lament
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2007-08-08: 04:23:00
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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!
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).
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)
Doubty
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Why are you always such a doubty?
Etymology:
Admiralienation
Created by: marnee4nothin
Pronunciation: aed'-mar-eile-nei-shon
Sentence: Coleen stoppped wearing her little black dress when she received three proposals and her admiralienation became acute.
Etymology: admiration + alienation
