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DEFINITION: v. To seek compliments and/or support by insulting oneself or by complaining about the difficulty of one's life. n. A person who uses self-deprecation as flattery bait.

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Disparagus

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: dis par a gus

Sentence: When he came in to work, he always shook off comments about his appearance. He was slim, well-dressed and groomed himself well, but could not take a compliment gracefully. His coworkers atarting calling him a disparagus, which was funny because his first name was Gus.

Etymology: Disparage (self-deprecate;diminish) & Asparagus (edible young shoots of the asparagus plant, a vegetable)

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Psudoselfaspersinate

Created by: XMbIPb

Pronunciation: /sudo-self-as-per-zhe-nate/

Sentence: “You can’t even imagine how long it takes me to do my hair in the morning,” complained Wanda. “First, the darn thing has to be shampooed and conditioned. I can’t event tell you about the blow drying… then… hello…. my 200-dollar highlights are all askew and need to be gelled into the right place…” Wanda wasn’t going to stop until she finally got a compliment on her hair fashion. She will have to wait for a long time. Lorna, who just lost all her hair to the second cycle of chemotherapy was in no mood for her sister’s PSEUDOSELFASPERSING bullsh^*t.

Etymology: Pseudo (fr. Greek – false, fake, spurious).-.-.-.-. Self (fr. Old. Eng. - one’s own person) .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Aseprsion (fr. Lat. – to sprinkle someone; modern meaning[since late 16th century] - bespatter with slander.) >>>>>>> OVERALL MEANING: to falsely slander oneself.

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aaaagggghhh.... dear readers, please note. The correct spelling of this word is p-s-E-u-d-o-selfaspersinate (with an "e") ... deeply embarrassed, XMbIPb - XMbIPb, 2010-05-10: 02:01:00

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Malegodiction

Created by: emd11

Pronunciation: mal-ee-go-dict-shun

Sentence: Even though she knew she was smart, she used a malegodiction, to get her friend to tell her so.

Etymology: Malegodiction comes from the bases mal-bad, ego- self, and dict- speak. It means to speak badly about oneself in order to gain praise from others.

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Ooo, I like that one. Good job, EMD :-) - XMbIPb, 2010-05-12: 17:21:00

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Attentionbeggest

Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: ah-ten-shun-beg-ist

Sentence: Kim Carcrashagain was such an attentionbeggest.

Etymology: The act of needing so much attention that a person will beg for it.

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Selfbully

Created by: mrali613

Pronunciation: self-bully

Sentence: eintsein had bought brand new sneakers to go along with his skinny jeans. He knew he looked great but no one had complimented on them. So he started selfbullying himself to get compliments.

Etymology: hindi

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Narcifishstick

Created by: drewsky

Pronunciation:

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Complimentfisher

Created by: 532641

Pronunciation: com-pli-ment-fish-errr

Sentence: betty says bad things about herself all the time, she's such a complimentfisher.

Etymology: made up may 10th in the 2010's for mr. g's etymology class.

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Assaultandflattery

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: uh/sawlt/and/flat/uh/ree

Sentence: Megan learned early in life that negative self comments lead friends to say the nicest things to her. Unfortunately, this technique of assaultandflattery wears thin and people easily get tired of this baitandsoothe type of interaction.

Etymology: assault and battery + flattery

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great combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-27: 09:16:00

Great pun! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 12:10:00

Criminally clever! - Tigger, 2008-02-27: 22:22:00

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Flatterplant

Created by: freiflug

Pronunciation: /flætərplænt/

Sentence: "By telling me how hard it is for good-looking women to find an honest guy, Karen flatterplanted me." "Jessica needs to be constantly reminded of her stunning physique and overall popularity. She can't survive one day without a compliment. She's such a flatterplant."

Etymology: flatter: to compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favour; to enhance someone's vanity by praising them; to portray something to advantage plant: (transitive) to place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow; (transitive) to place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit

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Good combo. - artr, 2010-05-10: 12:29:00