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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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Flammiscuous
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: flaw-mis-cu-us
Sentence: As an award-winning creative director for the hottest agency in town, Edward was incredibly flammiscuous. Fortunately, all of his staff recognized this, and always approached on bent knee.
Etymology: flattery + promiscuous =flaw miscue
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.
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
Vainiticent
Created by: kafka
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The last thing a teenager needs is a vainiticent counselor.
Etymology: "vain"/"excellent"
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
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.