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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.

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Narcissiquacious

Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Nahr-siss-uh-kway-shuhs

Sentence: Gloria enjoyed the party immensely, mostly because it gave her the opportunity to trap people with her narcissiquacious stories about her very exciting life.

Etymology: Narcissist+Loquacious

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COMMENTS:

hey kyoti - welcome aboard - graet words this week - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-06: 23:43:00

Great word, kyo! - amysmiles2000, 2007-07-07: 07:12:00

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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.

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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

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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

petaj 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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Kilendig

Created by: onlyjoe

Pronunciation:

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Narcissilly

Created by: loofarama

Pronunciation: nar-sis-sillie

Sentence: ever since he got that 100 on his test, he's been prancing around acting all narcissilly

Etymology: narcissistic + silly

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not much thought put into this sorrie - loofarama, 2007-07-06: 12:07:00

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Memyambosys

Created by: amysmiles2000

Pronunciation: me-mi-am-bo-sis

Sentence: He constant thoughts of his own genius, wittiness, without regard to another, is a classic case of memyambosys

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Booger

Created by: princess19sk8r

Pronunciation: boo grrr

Sentence: i found a booger which is green and comes out of your nose.

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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. manĂ­a (madness)

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Pompbastic

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: pomp/bas/tic

Sentence: Peerless pretty petty pushy pathetic pompbastic Paul was perfectly proud of his pernicious pun.

Etymology: pompus + bombastic

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COMMENTS:

Pomp that bass. - Clayton, 2007-07-06: 07:31:00

petaj Poignantly played at the Pompidou Centre. - petaj, 2007-07-06: 08:59:00

I would say that is a pompadour he's sporting in the cartoon - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-06: 10:59:00

Now that you mention it, it DOES look like Conan O'Brien with a bleach job. - Kyoti, 2007-07-06: 11:12:00

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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!