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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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Theiranoia
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: THERE-a-noy-a
Sentence: Jessica suffered a theiranoia so deep that she had "Does this make my butt look big" printed on the back of her T-shirt.
Etymology: Their (opinions) + paranoia
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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Peerpoint
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: peer-poynt
Sentence: Nigel's reliance on peerpointing was fatally flawed; his inability to recognise that everyone thought he was a twat meant he rated himself far too highly
Etymology: peer (peer group) + point (score)
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
Extrovaluate
Created by: tangledupinblue
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She extrovaluated her self as a 6 out of 10.
Etymology:
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.
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.
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"
