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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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Fernagenic
Created by: freakyweirdo
Pronunciation: fern - a - jenick
Sentence: The girl was as insecure as a fernagenic.
Etymology:
Praiseina
Created by: angel1615
Pronunciation: praise-eena
Sentence: plaese give me some praiseina i beg you.
Etymology: praise + ina [in her] = praiseina
Neederin
Created by: ceijae
Pronunciation: Nee-der-in
Sentence: "My God, you are very neederin today"
Etymology:
Narcisspicuous
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Nar-sis-spik-yoo-iss
Sentence: My friend is so Narcisspicuous. Every day she asks "Do I look fat?" and she is 30 lbs. underweight so I say "no", of course. Except one day I said "yes", she cried first and then ran to the bathroom... I guess to brush her teeth because weird gurgling noises kept me up all night.
Etymology: Narcissist (love of oneself) + conspicuous (clearly visible)
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COMMENTS:
A great word. Makes you sound smart, though you may look a little dumb unravelling your tongue. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-13: 11:17:00
brilliant! - galwaywegian, 2007-07-16: 03:56:00
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Mapular
Created by: LittleFireWeasley
Pronunciation: map-you-LAR
Sentence: you act like a mapular.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
awesome - LittleFireWeasley, 2007-07-15: 15:01:00
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Esteemyeahtion
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: es/teem/yay/shun
Sentence: Susie required an esteemyeahtion every morning before she left the house. That lasted until she got to work where she required another and another and another...
Etymology: esteem + yeah + estimation
Wassamattawiu
Created by: mobotgolden
Pronunciation: Was i matter wi you
Sentence: Wats the matter with you
Etymology:
Insedarity
Created by: MisUndrstd
Pronunciation: In-see-dare-ity
Sentence: Cousin Vinnie plead the fifth when Aunt Fortuna in her insedarity asked him if she looked fat in her purple taffeta party dress.
Etymology: Insecure+ Dare= Insedarity. To ask a question like "Do I look fat in this"? Daring the person to tell the truth.
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COMMENTS:
^.^ - MarzBar, 2007-07-14: 15:40:00
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Confidunce
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: kon-feh-dunss
Sentence: Despite being highly qualified, Sue was a confidunce. She was last heard asking the mailroom clerk if he thought her hair color clashed with her title.
Etymology: confidence, dunce
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-13: 14:11:00
If we combine confidunce with remadonna, we get Madonna wearing two dunce caps on her upper torso. - Kyoti, 2007-07-13: 16:26:00
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Comments:
solution4tax - 2007-07-15: 05:35:00
The words formed are quite good and appreciate every body's attempt whether praisaniac or not.