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DEFINITION: To be so obsessed with your own cleverness and wittiness that you don't listen to what anyone else is saying, let alone understand them.
Verboticisms
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Narcissismug
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: nae-SIS-suh-smug
Sentence: Irving was constantly trying to top his own wordplay. In fact, he was so Narcissismug, that when Alan yelled "Quick! Call 911" he glibly replied, "Here 911! Here boy!"
Etymology: narcissism, smug
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-06: 09:29:00
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Spazimon
Created by: meganinglis
Pronunciation: spaz-i-mon
Sentence: SPAZIMON RULES! Thats sooo spazimon!
Etymology: what?
Noearsmaniac
Created by: carolzinnov
Pronunciation: No-ears-maniac
Sentence: My manager is a braggart, and is proud of his witty one-liners that he does not listen to anyone else. He is such a noearsmaniac
Etymology: When a person is all ears, he/she is listening to you. No-ears-maniac is a person who is obsessed with his own ideas that he does not listen to what others have to say.
Buffoonomania
Created by: HALibut
Pronunciation: buh-foon-oh-mey-nee-uh
Sentence: "The classic buffoonomaniac will make innapropriate jokes at weddings and funerals with little or no regard for how his jokes are received." - Studies on the Hysteriacal by Dr. Sigmund Freud
Etymology: < O.It. Buffa (jest) + < Gk. manía (madness)
Egoignore
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: ee-go-ig-norr
Sentence: Lately, Karl egoignored so much so that we named him egoignoramus of the month.
Etymology: ego + ignore
Booger
Created by: princess19sk8r
Pronunciation: boo grrr
Sentence: i found a booger which is green and comes out of your nose.
Etymology:
Blahblahblahniss
Created by: sarahizhott
Pronunciation: bl-ah-bl-ah-bl-ah-niss
Sentence:
Etymology:
Obsecon
Created by: imurbabygirl
Pronunciation: ub-se-con
Sentence: matt is very obsecon
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
this word is conceided mixed with ubsesed - imurbabygirl, 2007-07-06: 10:38:00
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Comments:
MisUndrstd - 2007-07-06: 20:40:00
Say it three times fast... go ahead... I dare ya!
Jabberwocky - 2007-07-06: 23:40:00
tried it - don't get it - but I think the cartoons this week have been excellent - way to go Franke James!!! and your essays are fabulous!