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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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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)
Scaneak
Created by: sosibo1
Pronunciation: Sc-ee-ni-k
Sentence: He pretends to hate mirrors, but he always scaneaks on window glasses.
Etymology: Scan + Sneak
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")
Sneakafflection
Created by: Korinne
Pronunciation: Sneek-A-Flek-Shun
Sentence: While watching Mimi strolls through the mall, it never fails that she'll sneakafflection in every reflective surface.
Etymology: Sneak + Affection (loves themself) + Reflection
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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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
Furtflecting
Created by: lamoon
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I'll bet Rob's furtflecting every time he walks past that mirror!
Etymology:
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.
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
Comments:
Nosila - 2007-12-30: 00:49:00