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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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Strokego
Created by: johnnyrockett
Pronunciation: Stro-kego
Sentence: I strokegoed her for most of the night, despite the fact every man in the bar hit on her.
Etymology: Stroke+ego
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.
Attendict
Created by: slumpman
Pronunciation: A-ten-dicked
Sentence:
Etymology: Attention + addict
Aptxiety
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: apt/zahy/i/tee
Sentence: Her psychiatrist diagnosed her problem as aptxiety.
Etymology: apt + anxiety
Soothearing
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: soothe-hearing (said smoothly)
Sentence: I dumped Jennifer, because she required too much soothearing.
Etymology: soothe + hearing
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")
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.