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DEFINITION: v.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. v. A person who is obsessed with their own wittiness.
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Pompbastic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Pompbastic Paul was proud of his perfect pathetic pun.
Etymology: pompous + bombastic
Selfriotous
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: sell - f - ry - et - us
Sentence: Charlie's selfriotous behavior was getting on everyone's nerves. He constantly goofed around while others were talking. Fashioning himself to be the next Charlie of Rickles, he was in his own world of gags, tricks and jokes that only he thought were funny.
Etymology: self, self righteous, riotous (In a manner that causes uncontrollable laughter)
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COMMENTS:
We are amused... - Nosila, 2009-07-17: 10:16:00
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Narcivated
Created by: Paloma
Pronunciation: NAR-sih-vay-ted
Sentence: John was so narcivated he would laugh at his own pretentious jokes before he'd even said the punchline.
Etymology: Narcissus (Greek hero who fell in love with his own reflection) + captivated
Autophasia
Created by: qwerty
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: auto = self, phasia from aphasia
Egotwit
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: e-go-twit
Sentence: Mark was such an egotwit that no one could stand to be around him, especially at parties. He would try so hard to impress everyone with his cleverness that he would end up making a fool of himself.
Etymology: egotist: show-off; know-it-all + wit: cleverness, humorous + twit: a foolishly annoying person
Funnydamentalist
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: fun/nee/da/men/tal/ist
Sentence: Sam was a funnydamentalist who's wit was the cornerstone of his very being. He constantly had himself in stitches although sadly no one else found him amusing.
Etymology: funny + fundamentalist (sticks to inherent belief)
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COMMENTS:
I believe! - jrogan, 2009-07-17: 06:28:00
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Wittignoramous
Created by: jmedaris
Pronunciation: wit-ig-nor-a-mus
Sentence: As usual, the wittignoramous commandeered the conversation, dropping pearls of wisdom at the feet of us swine!
Etymology:
Wildething
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: wild-thing
Sentence: As he finished flipping through the scrapbook of his most humourous Tweets. he realised he was becoming quite the wildething
Etymology: Oscar Wilde, Wild Thing
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COMMENTS:
You make my heart sing! - Nosila, 2009-07-17: 10:18:00
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Talkseemea
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: tok/see/mee/ah
Sentence: An acute case of talksemea renders the victim completely obsessed with their own words.
Etymology: talk + see me + toxemia
Egoisolated
Created by: alecstevenson
Pronunciation: ego-iso-lated
Sentence:
Etymology: ego + isolated
Comments:
- 2006-11-16: 07:11:00
Vanwitty is a good one.
- 2006-11-16: 10:11:00
The sentences need more profile -- they are as amusing as the words: The egowilde chortled at his own jokes so loudly he could not hear anyone else speak.
Nice one Bjorn!
queeny - 2006-11-17: 14:11:00
I wish I could change my vote. sometimes I vote to early in the day. I want to change my vote. please. ps. great colourful cartoons. I love to see them printed up on a shirt or something.
Today's definition was illustrated by Franke James. Thank you Franke. ~ James