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DEFINITION: To require constant reassurance, praise, and -- in emergency situations -- flattery, despite obvious qualifications and/or expertise.
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Overemphlaterise
Created by: theantiipod
Pronunciation: Over-em-flat-ter-ise
Sentence: Every ten minutes I had to overemphlaterise Shawnna because she that she didn't look good.
Etymology: Over + emphasize + flatter
Suckaprovealot
Created by: modemjunkie
Pronunciation: suck aprove a lot
Sentence: When I feel insecure I suckaprovealot
Etymology:
Praince
Created by: RyxEuclie
Pronunciation: Pray-n-ce
Sentence: I don't like her, she's too praince.
Etymology:
Needapush
Created by: Adamson
Pronunciation: need-a-push
Sentence: That girl just can't function by herself, she's a real needapush.
Etymology: need+pushing
Vaccuumesteem
Created by: ennia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Because of her constant need for resassurance, she was diagnosed with Vaccuumesteem.
Etymology:
Palalaalalalalalabomtohjisegon
Created by: neoss
Pronunciation: pa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-bom-to-g-see-gong
Sentence: She was struck by palalaalalalalalabomtohjisegon.
Etymology:
Femalia
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: fe male ee uh
Sentence: Honey, we got 6 minutes to get to the gate, don't come down with femalia now!
Etymology: from the word female, meaning to need constant flattery and reassurance.
Unsecuphilysia
Created by: Windyo
Pronunciation: un/sec/you/phi/ly/sia
Sentence: She has a really bad case of unsecuphylisia...
Etymology: Unsecure + physical + "sia" to make it more doctor- or latin-like
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.