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DEFINITION: An individual who is so self-absorbed and cocksure that they cannot understand why their mating calls, or "pick-up lines", do not generate the desired response.
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Cockadoodledont
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: kahk-uh-dood-duhl-DOHNT
Sentence: Alex entered the singles bar cocksure, reeking of musk, with the lines he memorised from the book "How To Get Chicks", but he left a cockadoodledont.
Etymology: cocky + cock (rooster, a proud bird) + cock-a-doodle-doo (the crow of a rooster) + don't (the response such a guy gets)
Flirtagonist
Created by: IneffableDawn
Pronunciation: flirt-AG-on-ist
Sentence: "Hey, baby, do you know karate, cuz your body is kickin'," Bob said to the cute girl at the bar. He was such a flirtagonist that he was surprised at the girl's rude behavior and sudden departure.
Etymology: Flirt Agonist (derived from 'agony' or 'antagonist')
Argshooter
Created by: espsycho
Pronunciation: ARg-shoo-ter
Sentence: After watching Mark tell half the girl in the bar that he'd lost his number and requested theirs, Lisa told Kayla, "Look at him, he's such an argshooter."
Etymology:
Prohounder
Created by: jsb1138
Pronunciation: pro-HOUND-er
Sentence: Bill's unrelenting advances proved him a real prohounder.
Etymology: propound + hound(er)
Blahblivious
Created by: barabajagal
Pronunciation: blah-bliv-ee-us
Sentence: The girls all rolled their eyes and their body language screamed disinterest, but Dave was as blahblivious as always and did not notice.
Etymology: blah- indicative of meaningless drivel of the mouth. oblivious- unaware of your surroundings
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COMMENTS:
Nothing to do with the Aztec Camera song! - barabajagal, 2007-08-28: 14:56:00
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Overconfidolt
Created by: plan9
Pronunciation: over+confi+dolt
Sentence: Oblivious to repeated failure, Nigel remained unreasonably certain of eventual success with his cheesy attempts at flirtation, blind to his grating effect on the erstwhile targets of his affection and his growing reputation as an overconfidolt.
Etymology: overconfident+dolt
Megotist
Created by: DrHarvey
Pronunciation: Mee-go-tist
Sentence: Surgeons think they are Godlike, with deus-ex-machina qualities. In fact they are mere megotists, oblivious to their mistakes.
Etymology: 'Me' - pronoun, indicating self. 'Ego' - noun, abstract idea of self.
Poppinay
Created by: thesteviest
Pronunciation: POP-pi-nay
Sentence: That poppinay gets way too dressed up just to come down here and get turned down all the time.
Etymology: Poppinjay and Nay
Comments:
Danzingnanziez - 2007-12-03: 08:02:00
wow..I am 53 and came up with that word for most of the men I met when I was in my 20's...funny that it got around!