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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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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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COMMENTS:
not much thought put into this sorrie - loofarama, 2007-07-06: 12:07:00
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Egolalia
Created by: ChristopherAndersen
Pronunciation: EE go LAY lee uh
Sentence: I couldn't get a word in over his egolalia.
Etymology: "ego" self and -lalia "speaking" (see glossolalia - speaking in tongues)
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)
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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Mindiac
Created by: gonzo
Pronunciation: mindddiiac
Sentence: My name is Carl and I´m a mindiac
Etymology: mind, maniac
Snodeaferous
Created by: moonroof
Pronunciation: snod EFF er us
Sentence: We tried to tell Bill that what he was saying was ridiculous, but he was being too snodeaferous.
Etymology: fr. 'snob' (a stuck-up person) + 'deaf' (being unable to hear)
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
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!