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'Why do you keep looking at your spoon?'

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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Inanimire

Mrgoodtimes

Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: In an uh mahyr

Sentence: Although the smart phone battery had died 47 minutes ago, that didn't stop Leopold from faking a text now and again to inanimire how his new hairstyle.

Etymology: Inanimate - Admire

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Espionarcissism

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: ess-pee-oh-nar-siss-iz-um

Sentence: he couldn't tell if she was really interested in all of these window displays or was she simply indulging in some espionarcissism

Etymology: espionage, narcissism

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COMMENTS:

oooh I like ... - sabbychankicksass, 2007-04-28: 14:21:00

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Circumpeek

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: sur-kuhm-peek

Sentence: Julie doesn't want to be viewed as vane but loves to circumpeek at her reflection in any shiny surface she can find.

Etymology: circumspect (cautious, discreet) + peek (sneaked look)

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Reflectifying

Created by: savvyology

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I had the sudden urge to reflectify as I passed the mirror.

Etymology:

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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

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Likenessmonsters

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: lyke ness mon stirs

Sentence: Young Bonnie was a canny lass. She was gorgeous and knew it. She threw it in the faces of all her suitors, playing one against another....Angus, Jock, Duncan and Alistair. When the lads met for a pint in their local and started comparing notes, as only lads do, they discovered she had fooled them all with her beauty and need for acknowledgement of her famed vanity. She had left no mirror ungazed upon, no window unlooked at and no other shiny surfaces unobserved. That is when they decided that Bonnie, not Nessie, became all the Likenessmonsters of their lonely lives.

Etymology: Likeness (picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing;similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things); Loch Ness Monsters (large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland, plural: more than one)

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Glancissism

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: glan-suh-syz-uhm

Sentence: He planned a quick trip to the shops to pick up some supplies and indulge in some furtive glancissism

Etymology: glance, narcissism

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Narcissusneak

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: nar-SIS-uh-sneek

Sentence: Marsha is a chronic narcissusneak. The other day she was checking herself out in a store window and walked straight into a street musician.

Etymology: narcissus (myth. - fell in love with own reflection) + sneak

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COMMENTS:

petaj Could have been worse. She could have walked under a busk. - petaj, 2007-04-13: 04:47:00

Dammit, I should've looked before I verbed. Oh well, at least mine flows a little better? - PythianHabenero, 2007-04-14: 15:25:00

perhaps, but this one produces more spittle! - Alchemist, 2007-04-16: 06:52:00

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Narcissisly

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: nar + siss + ih + sly

Sentence: She's so narcissisly - there's no reflection she'll pass up!

Etymology: narcissism + sly

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Furtivanity

Created by: WhiteRhino

Pronunciation: Fur-tiv-an-ity

Sentence: He glanced with furtivanity at his gorgeous reflexion. Hey there, you handsome devil.

Etymology: Futive and vanity

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COMMENTS:

Nice one. I approve. - PythianHabenero, 2007-04-14: 15:26:00

playdohheart Haha Dan, way to talk about yourself in the third person for your sentence. You're not fooling anyone:) - playdohheart, 2007-04-18: 06:26:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-13: 01:53:00
Today's definition was suggested by pinwheel.
Thank you pinwheel! ~ James

petaj petaj - 2007-04-13: 04:56:00
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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-13: 11:18:00
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

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-13: 11:23:00
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.

petaj petaj - 2007-04-13: 22:14:00
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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-10-30: 00:05:00
Today's definition was suggested by pinwheel. Thank you pinwheel. ~ James