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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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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
Hypocentric
Created by: sir67
Pronunciation: hi poe sen trik
Sentence: I could tell Jill was hypocentric by her constant need of flattery.
Etymology: hypo - low, lacking centric - central
Divaitis
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: dee-vah-eye-tis
Sentence: Molly had sucumbed to divaitis and needed constant reassurance that she was the best surgeon in the hospital.
Etymology: diva (talented but conceited person) + itis (a condition)
Nomirroriosis
Created by: xadrian
Pronunciation: no mirror ee oh sis
Sentence: My wife has accute nomirroriosis. She's built like a porn star but is always asking if she looks ok before we go out.
Etymology: No from the latin "no" meaning no; mirror and "iosis" meaning "you're sick from it.
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.
Mediotekht
Created by: msokoloffster
Pronunciation: Mee - Dee - Oh - Tekt
Sentence: My blind date forced me to mediotekht; we never saw each other again.
Etymology: Unknown...
Distrionics
Created by: ArsMajika
Pronunciation: DIS-tree-ON-iks
Sentence: "The valedictorian, going through severe distrionics, continually called his professor to have his grade point average read to him over the phone."
Etymology: Distrust, coupled with Histrionics.
Vainiticent
Created by: kafka
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The last thing a teenager needs is a vainiticent counselor.
Etymology: "vain"/"excellent"
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.