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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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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.
Needapush
Created by: Adamson
Pronunciation: need-a-push
Sentence: That girl just can't function by herself, she's a real needapush.
Etymology: need+pushing
Flatterybattery
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: fla/tr/y/bat/tr/y
Sentence: She was unable to leave the house without a daily dose of flatterybattery.
Etymology: flattery + battery
Insecuritease
Created by: aoife
Pronunciation: 'in-sek-yer-a-teez'
Sentence: 'John freaked out before his presentation and securiteasing everyone in the room, even though he's the best speaker in the company.'
Etymology: 'insecurity' + 'tease'
Overemphlaterise
Created by: theantiipod
Pronunciation: Over-em-flat-ter-ise
Sentence: Every ten minutes I had to overemphlaterise Shawnna because she that she didn't look good.
Etymology: Over + emphasize + flatter
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
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.