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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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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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Egopeer

Created by: gemmgemms

Pronunciation: ee-goh-pîr

Sentence: Sandra is so self-centered, she must constantly egopeer at herself.

Etymology: ego: self + peer: to look at intently

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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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Reflectaglance

Created by: jeatyet

Pronunciation:

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

Etymology:

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Reflectromaniac

Created by: freakystyley

Pronunciation: Re-Flek-Throw-May-Nee-Ack

Sentence: "I doubt these reflectromaniacs will ever be cured as long as this hospital has shiny things!" a frustrated Dr. Philip begins combing his hair in front of the mirror.

Etymology: Reflect + Mirror + Maniac

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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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Nacisspoonism

Created by: catwhipple

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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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