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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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Honestlie
Created by: GreatRandew
Pronunciation: on-est-Lie
Sentence: She was so pestering that I had to answer with an honestlie
Etymology: Honest-Lie
Fellatiodious
Created by: nicolase
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Mark's professed insecurity was enacted with fellatiodious intent.
Etymology: A portmanteau of...yeah, you know what? If you can't break that one down, champ, you shouldn't be playing games with grownup words.
Loselfesteemist
Created by: BDR1985
Pronunciation: lo-self-est-eem-ist
Sentence: Are you always such a loselfesteemist before making a presentation?
Etymology: Low + Self-Esteem
Luccatmism
Created by: Flixst
Pronunciation: look-at-me-ism
Sentence: Don't pay attention, she's a luccatmist
Etymology: "look at me"
Glorywhore
Created by: xcruser88x
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Mike spent the afternoon following his stellar presentation glorywhoring around the office.
Etymology: glory + whore
Attendict
Created by: slumpman
Pronunciation: A-ten-dicked
Sentence:
Etymology: Attention + addict
Suckaprovealot
Created by: modemjunkie
Pronunciation: suck aprove a lot
Sentence: When I feel insecure I suckaprovealot
Etymology:
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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.