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'Why do you keep looking at your spoon?'

DEFINITION: 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.

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Narsicretive

Created by: Niktionary

Pronunciation: nar-seh-kreet-ehv

Sentence: When Darcy met Rex, she knew she had found "the one". As he was checking himself out in the glass while sitting at the bar, she knew any man as narsicretive as her had to be a keeper.

Etymology: narcicism-secretive-creative

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Vaincheck

Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation: vain-check

Sentence: that woman keeps vainchecking in her spoon

Etymology: vain+check kinda like rain check

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COMMENTS:

Quick and clever ... I like it! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-01: 19:59:00

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Reflexing

sharktrager

Created by: sharktrager

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Narcissus: the Father of Reflexers

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Reflectaegoing

Created by: thebaron

Pronunciation: re-flec-ta-ego-ing

Sentence: Once again, she was found reflectaegoing in the glass cabinet.

Etymology: reflecta (reflection) + ego (I)

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Egowarrior

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ee go war ee or

Sentence: Janice was enough of an Egowarrior that she never met a smooth surface that she did not fall in love with it!

Etymology: ego - self love & warrior - all's fair in love and war, especially when you love yourself.

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Reflectocheck

maryamwebster

Created by: maryamwebster

Pronunciation: ree-FLEK-to-chek

Sentence: I had to reflectocheck my lipstick because Betty kept looking pointedly at me and wiping her mouth. Or: The way Bob was looking at me, I wondered if something was hanging out of my nose. Thank goodness, a quick reflectocheck proved otherwise.

Etymology: reflect = a self-image as seen in mirror form check = to take notice of

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COMMENTS:

Nice word - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-29: 17:35:00

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Privyiew

Created by: chaiandallthatjazz

Pronunciation: priv-eee-oo (as in view)

Sentence: Charlene always privyiews in the store window when she gets out of car at the shopping center... What she doesn't know is that the people inside the store can see her, and get a big kick out of her enamored glances at herself.

Etymology: privy (secret) + view (look)

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Chromegalomania

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /kroh-meg-uh-loh-mey'-nee-uh/

Sentence: When Ben showed Vanessa the engine of his hotrod, at first he thought she was really 'into' cars by the way her eyes lit up, and that she was leaning over to admire his custom-chromed exhaust manifold, until he realized she was just admiring herself and checking her make-up.

Etymology: chrome - chromium, or other shiny metallic plating (from Greek, khroma "color") + megalomania - having delusion of greatness (from Greek, megas "great" & mania "madness")

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Spoonervision

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: spoon/ur/vision

Sentence: Owing to her constant spoonervisions she bought belly jeans instead of jelly beans.

Etymology: spoonerism + vision

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Sneakafflection

Korinne

Created by: Korinne

Pronunciation: Sneek-A-Flek-Shun

Sentence: While watching Mimi strolls through the mall, it never fails that she'll sneakafflection in every reflective surface.

Etymology: Sneak + Affection (loves themself) + Reflection

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Nosila - 2007-12-30: 00:49:00