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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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Sexycheckin

Created by: Kazizzle

Pronunciation: "secks-ee-chek-n" - Not to be confused with "sexychicken".

Sentence: Stop sexycheckin yourself every 3 seconds Jill! You look just fine!

Etymology: "Sexy" - American, "Checkin" - Persian (Chek)

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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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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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