{"id":932,"date":"2010-05-12T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=932"},"modified":"2010-05-12T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2010-05-12T16:00:04","slug":"shuckster-i-wish-this-dress-didnt-make-me-look-so-fat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=932","title":{"rendered":"Shuckster: I wish this dress didn&#8217;t make me look so fat&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> To seek compliments and\/or support by insulting oneself or by complaining about the difficulty of one&#8217;s life. <em>n.<\/em> A person who uses self-deprecation as flattery bait.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/diet.gif\" alt=\"I wish this dress didn't make me look so fat...\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shuckster<\/strong>:  \/<em>shuk ster<\/em>\/ Melanie was a shuckster. Everytime she was given a compliment, she&#8217;d turn it into a negative, so that people would have to compliment her more to convince her it was sincere. When Georgia complimented her on her new purple dress, Melanie said she thought it made her look fat. Then Georgia would insist that the colour suited Melanie so well. Finally Georgia, who had not had any compliments in a long time, got fed up with Melanie&#8217;s act in demureness. Georgia told her flatly to enjoy any compliments she got now, because in 25 years, 2 kids and a divorce later, she probably wouldn&#8217;t be able to fit that little purple dress anymore. Georgia knew from whence she spoke. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Shucks (an expression of disappointment or irritation;something of little value&#8230;phrase Aw Shucks, is Characterized by a shy, self-effacing, often unsophisticated manner, intended to show humble reaction to compliments) &amp; suffix &#8220;-ster&#8221; (Someone who is, or who is associated with, or who does something specified.) Rhymes wkith Huckster (a seller of shoddy goods) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Psudoselfaspersinate<\/strong>:  \/<em>-sudo-self-as-per-zhe-nate-<\/em>\/ \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even imagine how long it takes me to do my hair in the morning,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d complained Wanda. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153First, the darn thing has to be shampooed and conditioned. I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t event tell you about the blow drying\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 then\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 hello\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. my 200-dollar highlights are all askew and need to be gelled into the right place\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Wanda wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t going to stop until she finally got a compliment on her hair fashion. She will have to wait for a long time. Lorna, who just lost all her hair to the second cycle of chemotherapy was in no mood for her sister\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s PSEUDOSELFASPERSING bullsh^*t. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Pseudo (fr. Greek \u00e2\u20ac\u201c false, fake, spurious).-.-.-.-. Self (fr. Old. Eng. &#8211;  one\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s own person) .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Aseprsion (fr. Lat. \u00e2\u20ac\u201c to sprinkle someone; modern meaning[since late 16th century] &#8211;  bespatter with slander.) &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; OVERALL MEANING: to falsely    slander oneself.<br \/>\n <em>Created by:<\/em> XMbIPb.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Psudoselfaspersinate:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=XMbIPb\">XMbIPb<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2010-05-10: 02:01:00<\/em> <br \/>aaaagggghhh&#8230;. dear readers, please note. The correct spelling of this word is p-s-E-u-d-o-selfaspersinate (with an &#8220;e&#8221;) &#8230; deeply embarrassed, XMbIPb  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Egoboost<\/strong>:  \/<em>e-go-bue-st<\/em>\/ &#8220;Do i look as skinny and pretty today as i did yesterday?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;stop egoboosting.&#8221; <em>Etymology:<\/em>  boost comes from the latin root buest which means &#8220;to raise&#8221; or &#8220;increase&#8221;. ego comes from the latin root ego which means &#8220;self&#8221; so the direct etymology literally means &#8220;to raise self&#8221; <em>Created by:<\/em> abbyg.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Egoboost:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=oliviasull\">oliviasull<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2010-05-10: 12:42:00<\/em> <br \/>noice werd!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Flatterplant<\/strong>:  \/<em>-fl\u00c3\u00a6t\u00c9\u2122rpl\u00c3\u00a6nt-<\/em>\/ &#8220;By telling me how hard it is for good-looking women to find an honest guy, Karen flatterplanted me.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Jessica needs to be constantly reminded of her stunning physique and overall popularity. She can&#8217;t survive one day without a compliment. She&#8217;s such a flatterplant.&#8221; <em>Etymology:<\/em>  flatter: to compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favour;<br \/>\nto enhance someone&#8217;s vanity by praising them; to portray something to advantage<\/p>\n<p>plant: (transitive) to place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow;<br \/>\n(transitive) to place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit <em>Created by:<\/em> freiflug.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Flatterplant:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=artr\">artr<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2010-05-10: 12:29:00<\/em> <br \/>Good combo.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=diet\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=diet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative, <\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: v. To seek compliments and\/or support by insulting oneself or by complaining about the difficulty of one&#8217;s life. n. A person who uses self-deprecation as flattery bait. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Shuckster: \/shuk ster\/ Melanie was a shuckster. Everytime she was given a compliment, she&#8217;d turn it into a negative, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=932\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Shuckster: I wish this dress didn&#8217;t make me look so fat&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,83,82,93,84,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}