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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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Glimspif

Created by: xirtam

Pronunciation: Glim-spĭf

Sentence: Madeline took a quick glimspif, at her reflection in the store window, to be sure her hair was still ok.

Etymology: Glimpse: a very brief, passing look, sight, or view. + Spiff: To make attractive, stylish, or up-to-date.

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Reflexing

Created by: sharktrager

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Narcissus: the Father of Reflexers

Etymology:

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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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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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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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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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