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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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Witticissistic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: wit/ti/sis/sis/tic
Sentence: Paul is a perfectly proud, puffy, pompous witticissistic, unashamed of his own lack of humour in the so-called jokes that he constantly pushes on his unlaughing friends.
Etymology: witticism + narcissistic
Vanwitty
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His vanwitty was so astonishing - he kept himself amused all day with his clever banter
Etymology: vanity + wit
Verbotomist
Created by: SethelMerman
Pronunciation:
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COMMENTS:
Just kidding, kind of... - SethelMerman, 2009-07-19: 12:45:00
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Witsnit
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: wit/snit
Sentence: He threw a little "witsnit" when he learned he hadn't been given the Dazzling Daemon of the Day award.
Etymology: An American English expression meaning an extreme state of agitation or angst when not being able to have one's way
Pompbastic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Pompbastic Paul was proud of his perfect pathetic pun.
Etymology: pompous + bombastic
Narcissudite
Created by: Holey
Pronunciation: nahr-SISS-you-dite
Sentence: Dorian continued to narcissudite long after the rest of the partygoers had edged away, but he received excellent feedback from the echo of his own voice, and reflected with satisfaction upon his half-witticisms.
Etymology: narcissist + erudite
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:
Egoisolated
Created by: alecstevenson
Pronunciation: ego-iso-lated
Sentence:
Etymology: ego + isolated
Selflatonomy
Created by: ChrisCarrk
Pronunciation: sell-flat-oh-no-me
Sentence: He was a graduate of the selflatonomy class.
Etymology: self flattering
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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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