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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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Noesteemistis
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation:
Sentence: noesteemistis hit her again as her husband merely commented that she looked fine.
Etymology:
Nomirroriosis
Created by: xadrian
Pronunciation: no mirror ee oh sis
Sentence: My wife has accute nomirroriosis. She's built like a porn star but is always asking if she looks ok before we go out.
Etymology: No from the latin "no" meaning no; mirror and "iosis" meaning "you're sick from it.
Luccatmism
Created by: Flixst
Pronunciation: look-at-me-ism
Sentence: Don't pay attention, she's a luccatmist
Etymology: "look at me"
Inadegreat
Created by: maxronez
Pronunciation: in-ADD-uh-grit
Sentence: She was inadegrating about her beatiful new coat.
Etymology: inadequate + great
Vainiticent
Created by: kafka
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The last thing a teenager needs is a vainiticent counselor.
Etymology: "vain"/"excellent"
Phladulation
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: fla-du-la-shun
Sentence: After the Doctor diagnosed his wife's need for phladulation, John knew he has to tell his wife she was beautiful three times a day, or all hell would break loose...
Etymology: phlattery + adulation
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.