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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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Glorywhore
Created by: xcruser88x
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Mike spent the afternoon following his stellar presentation glorywhoring around the office.
Etymology: glory + whore
Praisewheedle
Created by: jboehnker
Pronunciation: praz' wedl
Sentence: "Cut out that praisewheedling!" Bob exclaimed. "If I thought you were fat we wouldn't be naked right now!"
Etymology: From the Welsh "Przhwhdhhlh", originally used to refer to the wives of shepherds needing reassurance about their husbands' "closeness" to their sheep.
Fishment
Created by: JCrap
Pronunciation: Fish/mint
Sentence: When he complained to his friends that he wasn't good at anything he was really just fishmenting and wanted to boost his ego.
Etymology: To fish for compliments.
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
Soothearing
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: soothe-hearing (said smoothly)
Sentence: I dumped Jennifer, because she required too much soothearing.
Etymology: soothe + hearing
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
Luccatmism
Created by: Flixst
Pronunciation: look-at-me-ism
Sentence: Don't pay attention, she's a luccatmist
Etymology: "look at me"
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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.