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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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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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Egospect

Created by: inias

Pronunciation: ee-go-spekt

Sentence: The mirror tempted an egospection.

Etymology: "ego" = egotistic, focused on the self. "spec" = spectate, to look at.

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Reflexing

sharktrager

Created by: sharktrager

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Sentence: Narcissus: the Father of Reflexers

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Nacisspoonism

catwhipple

Created by: catwhipple

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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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Reflectaglance

Created by: jeatyet

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Walking by the shop window, she turned towards it to reflectaglance.

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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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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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Furtflecting

Created by: lamoon

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Sentence: I'll bet Rob's furtflecting every time he walks past that mirror!

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Scaneak

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Created by: sosibo1

Pronunciation: Sc-ee-ni-k

Sentence: He pretends to hate mirrors, but he always scaneaks on window glasses.

Etymology: Scan + Sneak

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