Verboticism: Glosstentatious

'Why are you still working on your resume?'

DEFINITION: v. To obsessively work on, shine and polish something which has no intrinsic value. n. A item which has lots of imagined shine in the eyes of the owner, but no real value for anyone else.

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Glosstentatious

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: gloss/ten/tay/shsh

Sentence: Most people were repulsed by his necklace of his own baby teeth and felt it was glosstentacious when he polished it during meetings.

Etymology: gloss + ostentacious

Points: 917

Comments: Glosstentatious

metrohumanx - 2009-03-10: 12:17:00
VERY crafty combo,Steverino!

galwaywegian - 2009-03-10: 17:20:00
love it

kateinkorea - 2009-03-10: 21:01:00
Good word.

Mustang - 2009-03-10: 23:59:00
Very clever!

abrakadeborah - 2009-03-14: 22:59:00
A big thumbs up on this word! very good :)

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