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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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Peervaluate
Created by: mickey666
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
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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Flattrometry
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation:
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COMMENTS:
I like this word - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-11: 13:34:00
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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)
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"
Exociation
Created by: Wildcat
Pronunciation: ek-zo-si-a-tion
Sentence: I really wish I could be exociated
Etymology: exo- external (to me) + appreciation
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.
Egostroke
Created by: Maureen
Pronunciation: e-go-stroke
Sentence: I can't wait to get the results of my egostroke to see what my rating is.
Etymology: Ego - the self. Stroke - to soothe or give pleasure to.
