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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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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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Egoisolated

alecstevenson

Created by: alecstevenson

Pronunciation: ego-iso-lated

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Etymology: ego + isolated

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Pompbastic

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Pompbastic Paul was proud of his perfect pathetic pun.

Etymology: pompous + bombastic

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Egowilde

wordygrrrl

Created by: wordygrrrl

Pronunciation: ego-wild

Sentence: The egowilde chortled at his own jokes so loudly he could not hear anyone else speak.

Etymology: egotistical character wild about themselves as Oscar Wilde was reportedly

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Trumpolious

Created by: queeny

Pronunciation:

Sentence: even his wifes had issues with his trumpolious. For god sakes, he even thinks his hair looks good.

Etymology:

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Autowittiphilia

Created by: chris

Pronunciation: ort-oh-wit-ee-fill-ee-yer

Sentence: he was so wrapped up in his autowittiphilia that never even paused to wonder why rooms emptied in seconds upon his arrival

Etymology: auto (self) + witticism + philia (love)

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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

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Egotwit

mrskellyscl

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

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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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I believe! - jrogan, 2009-07-17: 06:28:00

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Infarceuated

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: in fars yu ay ted

Sentence: Art Fulretort was the office wag. He was clever enough and could be very droll in his assessments of people and events. He had always been the class clown in school and now had a broader audience on which to practice his comedy craft. He was so full of confidence that his humor was better than others that he entered the America's Got Talent Contest. So infarceuated was he with his schtick that he failed to hear the 3 judges bang their red X buttons in record time and the audience boo him off the stage. Art's not going to Vegas...

Etymology: Infatuated (obsessed with; marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness) & Farce (a comedy characterized by broad satire, wit and improbable situations)

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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.

franke franke - 2006-11-16: 19:11:00
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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-07-17: 00:05:00
Today's definition was illustrated by Franke James. Thank you Franke. ~ James