Verboticism: Fawnix

'Wow, you're hot! No thank you.'

DEFINITION: To reject a compliment. May indicate low self-esteem, or false modesty, or even a psychopathic aversion to flattery.

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Fawnix

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: fawn-ix

Sentence: Her fawnixation caused her to fixate on his poor speech and phonics.

Etymology: fawn (to flatter) + nix (to refuse)

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