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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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Whimsecure
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: wim se cure i tee
Sentence: Everything and everybody seemed to affect Gabe's opinion of himself - he was the model of whimsecurity.
Etymology: whim + security
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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Egoutruvate
Created by: Stump
Pronunciation: e/gahw/trew/vate
Sentence: Shannon tended to egoutruvate too much and it often got her down since she couldn't read people properly - even if they were a Dr. Seuss book.
Etymology: From the words Ego, outer, and evaluate.
Imtwentytwobucks
Created by: timmy
Pronunciation: Im twenty two bucks.
Sentence: Imtwentytwobuck
Etymology:
Exociation
Created by: Wildcat
Pronunciation: ek-zo-si-a-tion
Sentence: I really wish I could be exociated
Etymology: exo- external (to me) + appreciation
Evalyouate
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: ee-val-yoo-ate
Sentence: I could tell by the shades of mascara on his lashes that Arnold was an evalyouater.
Etymology: evaluate + you
Survego
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: serv-e-go
Sentence: Jill relied upon her survego to decide how to feel about herself.
Etymology: survey + ego
Reputemetrics
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: re-PEWT-MET-RICS
Sentence: Sally is a victim of reputemetrics, spending all her time worrying what her friends think of her.
Etymology: repute (the state of being held in high esteem and honor) + metrics (measurements)
Esteemate
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: ess-teem-ate
Sentence: in order to esteemate his progress,he would often surprise his dinner guests with a pop quiz on how they felt about him
Etymology: estimate, esteem
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COMMENTS:
- erasmus, 2007-01-10: 11:41:00
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