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DEFINITION: v. To steal a look at your reflection in a window, mirror or other reflective surface; often done furtively so not to be seen as vain. n. A reflected image which is distorted by vanity.
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Windowcopping
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: win doh kop ping
Sentence: har penchant for windowcopping was discovered when she spent fifteen minutes ogling over some vetinerary products next door to a shoe shop.
Etymology: window shopping, copping a glance
Reflecticheck
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: Reefer minus er + affleck minus af & k + ti like the T in Tshirt + check like in what the hack !
Sentence: After a quick reflecticheck i knew that my spot was still rocking the spot. She was going on a short reflecticheckation and got lost in her looks.
Etymology: reflection + check = reflecticheck
Bodycheck
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: body/chek
Sentence: Several bodychecks an hour kept her happy
Etymology: body check (heavy hit) + body + check
Vaniteye
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: VAN-it-tye
Sentence: Alex vaniteyed every reflective surface from his car to his date's door, yet he still missed the spinach between his teeth.
Etymology: vanity + to eye
Furtivid
Created by: Ellemorpheus
Pronunciation: Fur-tih-vid
Sentence: A quick furtivid assured her that her makeup was, in fact, still in place.
Etymology: Furti- from furtive vid- to look
Merror
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: me ror
Sentence: Any shiny surface doubled as a merror for the vain Megora.
Etymology: Me (I, self, ego) & Mirror (reflection;image)
Slyball
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: sly/ball
Sentence: Whenever she passed a reflective surface, she would slyball her image to ensure she was prim, proper and still pretty.
Etymology: sly + eyeball
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COMMENTS:
sneaky - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-13: 09:57:00
quick and clever - wordmeister, 2007-04-13: 11:48:00
That has a neat sound to it. - jedijawa, 2007-04-13: 12:33:00
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Reflectompous
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Re-flekt-OMP-us
Sentence: Maribel is exceedlingly reflectompous, beyond thrilled to see her own image in reflections, believing herself to be the most gorgeous creature around.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'reflection' and 'pompous'.
Boneforaled
Created by: willster
Pronunciation: bo-n-fo-rald
Sentence: It was almost boneforaled that the woman was alone.
Etymology: self aware
Mirrorage
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: meer-or-ahj
Sentence: It took a moment for Dylan to realize that his sister Monique wasn't spending so much time at the sunglasses display because she was trying out a new pair, it was because she was mugging back at her tiny reflections in the lenses of all the mirrored sunglasses. She was awestruck at teh mirrorage or 64 little images of her looking spectacular in silver and rainbow tint. Dylan didn't have the heart to tell her that the sunglass mirrors really did nothing for her appearance but make her already big nose look bigger.
Etymology: mirror (reflective surface) + mirage (something that is not as wonderful as it seems or not there at all)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by pinwheel.
Thank you pinwheel! ~ James
If she's even using the cutlery, then the perception is hardly false -- but full marks for persistence. It's hard to look hot in the warped reflection of a spoon or fork.
purpleartichokes - 2007-04-13: 08:56:00
Perhaps she's not looking at her reflection at all. As I recall, the dish ran away with the spoon, so there may be something hot about the spoon itself, and she is depicted here spwooning.
Good comment Petaj. Perhaps the definition should say "to prevent a warped reflection of your vanity", or the more clear: "so as not to be seen as vain." Which do you like better? Let me know and I will change it. ~ James
I think purpleartichokes is right -- the spoon is hot! If you look closely, you'll see the reflected woman is wearing oven mitts. ~ James
purpleartichokes - 2007-04-13: 19:31:00
Wow... I hadn't noticed the mitts before. I must have been looking at a defiction. Definitely lends credence to to dish's side of the story; I hope he gets cupsody of the children. Uhh... sorry for the verbanter. Guess I better get ready for bed.
If it's not an oven mitt, she has a bad case of oedema -- in which case her self-image (as seen in the spoon) is much healthier than she is.
Today's definition was suggested by pinwheel. Thank you pinwheel. ~ James