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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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Selfamuse
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: self-amews
Sentence: His selfamuse was so far gone, he cracked himself up.
Etymology: self abuse + amuse
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.
Boringfartism
Created by: realnutty01
Pronunciation: bor-ing-fart-izm
Sentence: That Gates guy is so broingfartism, all he goes on about is his windows.
Etymology: boring(samething over again and again) fart(noise made an ass) ism(jocular reference to any distinctive doctrine, theory or practice.)
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COMMENTS:
LOL this made me laugh! - MisUndrstd, 2007-07-06: 20:40:00
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Fullaurself
Created by: cassandra1315
Pronunciation: Full-o-your-self
Sentence: He was too fullaurself that everyone hated him.
Etymology:
Highlyminded
Created by: LMR1991
Pronunciation: High-lee-mind-ed
Sentence: You're so very highlyminded when it comes to your joking around.
Etymology: Seeing as how being obsessed with wits and cleverness, highly(as in queen, a person who is above all) and minded( state of being in thought), tahdah highlyminded.
Savildroll
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: savy/drohl
Sentence: I am so savidroll that people hang on my every word and imitate me shamelessly. I'm so pretty - I'm so witty....
Etymology: savvy + droll + savile row
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COMMENTS:
and GAAAAYYY!! what a strange coincidence that that song was already in my head before I read your word. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-06: 08:13:00
And sartorially elegant. - petaj, 2007-07-06: 09:08:00
And mercurially resonant. ;D - Kyoti, 2007-07-06: 11:08:00
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Isoflated
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: EYE-soh-flay-tuhd
Sentence: Alex was so isoflated that, when he got his paper back, he ignored his professor's red ink, especially with regard to apostrophe abuse, you're/your conflation, and 187 occurrences of the nonword "lookit".
Etymology: isolated + inflated
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COMMENTS:
I always thought "lookit" was a word until I found out "looky" was the proper word. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-06: 10:15:00
Bookum, Dano! ;D - Kyoti, 2007-07-06: 11:10:00
I only have to hear that nonword about a googolplex times a day. Makes me want to gouge out my eardrums. - mplsbohemian, 2007-07-08: 20:32:00
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Lonedeaf
Created by: Lapper
Pronunciation: LOAN-def
Sentence: Jake was so lonedeaf during his acceptance speech that he didn't even notice everyone in the audience was tittering about his arrogance.
Etymology: Lone and deaf

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!