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DEFINITION: To measure your success, or evaluate your self-worth, based on what other people think.
Verboticisms
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Falothin
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: Fa-lo-thin
Sentence: They are all fault looking en thinking wrong
Etymology:
Selfishesteem
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: self-ish-est-eem
Sentence: Models, celebrities and fashionistas all measure their selfishesteem in others' opinions.
Etymology: sef-esteem plus selfish.... simple!
Surplusfidence
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: sur-plus-fi-dens
Sentence: Without the surplusfidance of the gang, their leader would probably only have been a common playstation-geek.
Etymology: surplus - leftover + confidence
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COMMENTS:
Not too happy with this one. It was tricky to get the whole meaning without a dash this time. - allwise, 2007-01-10: 02:10:00
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Esteemleeching
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: Ess-team-lee-ching
Sentence: Betty's esteemleaching was the only way she could get the energy to get in front of the camera for her porn shoots.
Etymology: Esteem + leeching
Peerpoint
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: peer-poynt
Sentence: Nigel's reliance on peerpointing was fatally flawed; his inability to recognise that everyone thought he was a twat meant he rated himself far too highly
Etymology: peer (peer group) + point (score)
Theiranoia
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: THERE-a-noy-a
Sentence: Jessica suffered a theiranoia so deep that she had "Does this make my butt look big" printed on the back of her T-shirt.
Etymology: Their (opinions) + paranoia
Egostroke
Created by: Maureen
Pronunciation: e-go-stroke
Sentence: I can't wait to get the results of my egostroke to see what my rating is.
Etymology: Ego - the self. Stroke - to soothe or give pleasure to.
