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DEFINITION: To measure your success, or evaluate your self-worth, based on what other people think.
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Estemialism
Created by: goatmonkey
Pronunciation: ess-stem-ee-yall-is-m
Sentence: Go to a beauty pageant and you will find a whole bunch of estemeists. A person who uses estimialism is an estemialist.
Etymology: esteem + ialism
Whosize
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: hu/si/z
Sentence: Your whosize not to be confused with your shoe size determines whether or not you get invited to all the "cool" parties.
Etymology: who + shoe size
Reflectesteem
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: ree-FLEKT-uh-steem
Sentence: Bonnie's reflectesteem was boosted by the drooling looks she got at the swimming pool.
Etymology: reflect + esteem
Poorworthanoia
Created by: Carole
Pronunciation: poor/pour, worth, anoia/annoyer
Sentence: His head held low, no eye contact, he wore his poorworthanoia like a permanent cloak!
Etymology: poor/ not high, worth/ value, anoia/ phobia
Falothin
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: Fa-lo-thin
Sentence: They are all fault looking en thinking wrong
Etymology:
Insecuridation
Created by: IanArcher
Pronunciation: in-se-KYUR-i-DAY-shun
Sentence: Though lovely, it's clear the three woen in today's graphic suffer from insecuridation.
Etymology: from "insecurity" and "validation"
Laudmouth
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: lod/mowth
Sentence: Marilyn found that relying on a loyal laudmouth was the key to her success in the highly competitive world of birthday suit accessories.
Etymology: laud: to praise + mouth: an organ designed to emit favorable impressions
Egoutsource
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: ee-gout-source
Sentence: She's always fishing for compliments, I wish she didn't feel the need to constantly egoutsource.
Etymology: ego + outsource
Peervaluate
Created by: evhershey
Pronunciation: peer-val-you-ate
Sentence: Making heads turn as she entered a room allowed her to smile inwardly at the way others peervaluated her.
Etymology: peer + evaluate