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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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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
Inadegreat
Created by: maxronez
Pronunciation: in-ADD-uh-grit
Sentence: She was inadegrating about her beatiful new coat.
Etymology: inadequate + great
Honestlie
Created by: GreatRandew
Pronunciation: on-est-Lie
Sentence: She was so pestering that I had to answer with an honestlie
Etymology: Honest-Lie
Flatterybattery
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: fla/tr/y/bat/tr/y
Sentence: She was unable to leave the house without a daily dose of flatterybattery.
Etymology: flattery + battery
Soothearing
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: soothe-hearing (said smoothly)
Sentence: I dumped Jennifer, because she required too much soothearing.
Etymology: soothe + hearing
Insecuritease
Created by: aoife
Pronunciation: 'in-sek-yer-a-teez'
Sentence: 'John freaked out before his presentation and securiteasing everyone in the room, even though he's the best speaker in the company.'
Etymology: 'insecurity' + 'tease'
Obsiquery
Created by: danboaz
Pronunciation: uhb-sEE-kweer-ee
Sentence: Sally's obsiqueries were sweet at first but as her insecurities overtook her accomplishments they became downright annoying
Etymology: obsiquious: sycophantic, flattering, cringing, submissive + query to ask
Subworthicate
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: sub-were-thi-kate or sub-worth-i-kat
Sentence: Despite his obvious achievements, Shane continued to subworthicate.
Etymology: Based on the notion of undervaluing oneself, but with a conceited need to have others constantly shower you with praise (which itself, conceit-free, would be "worthicate")
Floutdoubt
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: flowt-dowt
Sentence: I do wish she wouldn't floutdoubt so often, murmured Sebastian to himself, as he tried to find yet another way of telling the size 6 model he was dating that not only wasn't she fat, she would have to walk round in a shower to get wet
Etymology: flout (to show) + doubt
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.