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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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Egolocate
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: ee-goh-LOH-kayt
Sentence: Alex's girlfriend egolocated for a half-hour: "I don't look fat, do I? Don't tell me I'm fat, okay? Please? Okay, just say I'm not fat, please."
Etymology: ego + echolocate
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COMMENTS:
Very nice. :{D Reminiscent of "echolocation", too. - Wordhewer, 2007-07-25: 01:28:00
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Whosize
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: hoo/size
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
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COMMENTS:
Horton heard your whosize. - Kyoti, 2007-07-25: 17:22:00
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Assessesteem
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: ass-ess-ess-teem
Sentence: She assessesteemed daily but expected her daughters not to.
Etymology: assess + (self) esteem
Exovaluate
Created by: Madacaek
Pronunciation: Eck-so-va-lu-ate
Sentence: Stop exovaluating yourself, what matters is how YOU feel.
Etymology: Exo+evaluate.
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COMMENTS:
I like it. :{D - Wordhewer, 2007-07-25: 21:08:00
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Succesevalthem
Created by: dancerxoxox
Pronunciation: succes-eval-them
Sentence: she was in total successecalthem for as long as she worked in the office.
Etymology: success - evaluate - them
Reflecticognivalidate
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Re-fleck-tuh-cog-nuh-val-uh-date
Sentence: Although Gina felt pretty that morning, she really needed to hear Derek confirm it and reflecticognivalidate her efforts.
Etymology: Reflection + recognize + value + validation
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COMMENTS:
Sooo Kewl!!!!!!!! - missmurder, 2007-07-29: 14:49:00
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Youdentify
Created by: Wordhewer
Pronunciation: you-DEN'-tih-fy
Sentence: Marla obsessed on what others thought of her -- even her rivals. She was so much in the habit of youdentifying that she was unable to form an independent estimation of her own worth.
Etymology: Derivation: The "I" is taken from "identify" and replaced with "you", suggesting that "What you think of me is more important than what I think of myself."
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COMMENTS:
Oh, no! I overwrote my definition. I was trying to add a definition for another day's word. - Wordhewer, 2007-07-25: 20:19:00
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Modelate
Created by: tatterdemalion
Pronunciation: mod-el-ate
Sentence: After being told she was flat, Jen modelated until she was on the same note as her accuser.
Etymology: model + modulate
Pollpularity
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: poll-pyu-larity
Sentence: Carmina was happy imagining that all of her classmates adored her. When she realised her pollpularity had dropped after her indiscretion in the canteen, she was plunged into self-loathing and despair.
Etymology: poll + popular
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COMMENTS:
Another clever word. :{) - Wordhewer, 2007-07-25: 13:03:00
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Empressish
Created by: trinityedanyl15
Pronunciation: em'pris-ish
Sentence: In the modeling competition, Jenny begans to empressish herself after the girls began whisper about her in the locker room.
Etymology: empress or impress- influence or effect made on the mind/ ish- of the nature; like
Comments:
Wordhewer - 2007-07-25: 17:02:00
Interesting word... Etymology?