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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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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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Sightceiiter

Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: sigh-t-see-t-her

Sentence: Her eyes couldn't pass a relective surface without a quick sightceiter.

Etymology: sight for seeing - ceit from conceit - er for her ... and all being a play on the word sightseer.

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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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Veticulorinitioncus

Created by: afireinside

Pronunciation:

Sentence: She was extremely veticulorinitioncus because she thought she was beautiful.

Etymology:

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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:

Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2007-12-28: 15:45:00

Absolutely love it! Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-29: 03:13:00

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Clandespy

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: clan-DE-spahy

Sentence: Bob's clandespy continued with a compulsiveness until, fooled by snooptical illusions of his own reflection, he sought an extreme makeover.

Etymology: Blend of 'CLANDES' of clandestine & ESPY:to catch sight of; see at a glance; to spy.

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COMMENTS:

very nice - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-28: 10:21:00

Nice mix! Good word!! - Stevenson0, 2007-12-28: 17:30:00

very good! - chaiandallthatjazz, 2007-12-28: 21:46:00

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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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