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DEFINITION: To require constant reassurance, praise, and -- in emergency situations -- flattery, despite obvious qualifications and/or expertise.
Verboticisms
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Vainiticent
Created by: kafka
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The last thing a teenager needs is a vainiticent counselor.
Etymology: "vain"/"excellent"
Attendict
Created by: slumpman
Pronunciation: A-ten-dicked
Sentence:
Etymology: Attention + addict
Flammiscuous
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: flaw-mis-cu-us
Sentence: As an award-winning creative director for the hottest agency in town, Edward was incredibly flammiscuous. Fortunately, all of his staff recognized this, and always approached on bent knee.
Etymology: flattery + promiscuous =flaw miscue
Yoropinion
Created by: Chistinalove
Pronunciation: your - opinion
Sentence: She was always needing yoropinion before leaving the house.
Etymology: yor - for your opinion - self explainatory
Luccatmism
Created by: Flixst
Pronunciation: look-at-me-ism
Sentence: Don't pay attention, she's a luccatmist
Etymology: "look at me"
Inflawrioritise
Created by: Arcysparky
Pronunciation: in-flaw-REE-o-ri-tise
Sentence: Jane's constant inflawrioritising failed to extract a single compliment from her boyfriend.
Etymology: Inferiority - the condition of being in lower status than another Flaw - a weakness
Hypocentric
Created by: sir67
Pronunciation: hi poe sen trik
Sentence: I could tell Jill was hypocentric by her constant need of flattery.
Etymology: hypo - low, lacking centric - central
Aptxiety
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: apt/zahy/i/tee
Sentence: Her psychiatrist diagnosed her problem as aptxiety.
Etymology: apt + anxiety
Comments:
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wordmeister - 2006-12-08: 15:42:00
Who has the best word of the day? Any opinions?
Jabberwocky - 2006-12-08: 16:25:00
are you requiring some constant reassurance wordmeister - perhaps some flatterybattery or phladulation and why isn't verbotomy asking??
wordmeister - 2006-12-08: 17:32:00
Yes Jabberwocky that's it -- self-phladulation.
wordmeister - 2006-12-08: 17:36:00
And I see that my score has gone up since I asked, so apparently it's working.
Stevenson0 - 2006-12-08: 17:51:00
confphladulations wordmeister
wordmeister - 2006-12-08: 18:00:00
Hey Stevenson0, Oh thank you, but surely you're not suffering from Aptxiety? Check out last weeks stats -- your word, "Coiffolgy", is the "Word of the week"! So all my confphladulations are directed to you.