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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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Selfishesteem
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: self-ish-est-eem
Sentence: Models, celebrities and fashionistas all measure their selfishesteem in others' opinions.
Etymology: sef-esteem plus selfish.... simple!
Critivaluation
Created by: zephris
Pronunciation: krit-eh-val-u-a-shun
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
- zephris, 2007-01-10: 09:11:00
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Egother
Created by: vixphilia
Pronunciation: EEE-gOH-ther
Sentence: I don't care about how you look like. Stop egothering yourself, it's cheap.
Etymology: Ego + Other
Appeerciated
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: uh/peer/shee/eyt/ed
Sentence: She only said, did and wore what her friends approved of. She felt totally appeerciated.
Etymology: appreciated + peer
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COMMENTS:
I would like to show my appeerciation for this wonderful word, but I want to see what everyone else says... - wordmeister, 2007-01-10: 10:05:00
me too - me too - I was always a sucker for peer pressure (my whosize is very small) - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-10: 10:11:00
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Doesthisdressmakemelookfatting
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: duz-this-dress-make-me-look-fat-ting
Sentence: Sue wrote to Dr. Phil in a last-ditch effort to get over her low self esteem and constant doesthisdressmakemelookfatting.
Etymology: the age-old question
Assessomate
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: ass-ess-o-mate
Sentence: Quentin was thrilled that Colin had assessomated his chances of the new post as 'better than good', and unusually paid for the first round of drinks.
Etymology: assess (determine) o (of) mate (friend)
Absocialitize
Created by: Lyokia
Pronunciation: ab-so-ciali-tize
Sentence: She absocialitized the crowd's reaction to her presentation.
Etymology: from absorb and social
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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Egosternelisation
Created by: SoldParadise
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Maria is a very egoesternelised person. Your Egosternelisation gets on my nervs...
Etymology: Ego + Externelisation
Exteem
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /eks-'tEm/
Sentence: Carl always would ask his wife, his mother, or his bowling buddies for their opinion before saying how he exteemed anything.
Etymology: From ex- + esteem
