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'I wish this dress didn't make me look so fat...'

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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Moanapleasa

libertybelle

Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: mow-nah-plee-sah

Sentence: Cindy is such a moanapleasa! If I have to listen to her complain one more time about how she is too thin and it trying to gain weight I swear that i am going to hold her down and force feed her a whole bag of triple Giant Burgers.

Etymology: moan: to whine + please: to give satisfaction combined into a play on Mona Lisa: a famous painting

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COMMENTS:

I like this one. My other vote goes to you! - logarithm, 2008-12-11: 13:22:00

NNNNNOOOOTTTTTTT!!!!!! - timlumber1, 2008-12-13: 17:15:00

I RECOMEND YOU TRY AGAIN TOMOROW, BUT I DO THINK THE WORD IS FUNNY. - timlumber1, 2008-12-14: 05:09:00

libertybelle ooh... tin... no need to be rude... - libertybelle, 2008-12-15: 11:21:00

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Egobuilder

Created by: 775567

Pronunciation: (ee-go-bill-der)

Sentence: Man, that cheerleader is a real egobuilder.

Etymology: ego - self build - create er - suffix

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Complitangler

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: compleat angler

Sentence: Pedro cast down his eyes and with false modesty declared that his handmade flies were very low quality. A complitangler, Pedro was always playing down his fishing skills to lure some praise from the crowd in his local pub, the Cod and Catfish. This time it backfired, Nemo put him in his plaice and told him not to hawrasse them with his self-deprecation. Pedro skated out the door and tackled the crew in the beer garden. He was always fishing for compliments.

Etymology: compli(ment) - words of praise + angler (fisherman) Song: Pedro the fisherman Book: The Compleat Angler

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COMMENTS:

Love a reel good fish story, just for the halibut! No flies on you. - Nosila, 2008-12-11: 02:13:00

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Egobumper

Created by: cokane

Pronunciation: EGO-BUMPer

Sentence: That is not an egobumping comment, thanks for not helping!

Etymology: ego meaning self created to complete my work

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Egoffendiment

Created by: jajsr

Pronunciation: E-go-fin-da-mint

Sentence: Patti, who was an attractive woman, would always ask her not-so attractive friends for their opinions about dating and fashion, but would always counter their opinions with an egoffendiment that made her friends feel insecure about themselves.

Etymology: Mixture of "Ego", "Offend" and "iment" from Compliment

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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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Lauren

Created by: 531217

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Badulation

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ba/du/lay/shun

Sentence: She was so full of badulation that she had to point out she might have missed a whole decimal point and only ended up with 99%.

Etymology: bad + adulation

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When it comes to the definition, very nice catch all! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 11:41:00

Good Word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-27: 15:48:00

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Autoselfpitiate

youmustvotenato

Created by: youmustvotenato

Pronunciation: auto-self-pity-ate

Sentence: Here it comes. My wife puts on the dress and autoselfpitiates by asking me the age-old-loaded-death-question..."does this make my butt look big?"

Etymology: auto; self-pity

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Ultraegodemony

Created by: Grim13

Pronunciation: ul-tra-E-go-de-mo-ni

Sentence: That girl is such an egomaniac and always tries to pull an ultraegodemony.

Etymology: ultra=beyond or extra ego= self dem= people

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you suck butthole - bossleafman, 2010-05-10: 13:24:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-27: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by Maxine. Thank you Maxine. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-05-10: 00:04:00
Today's definition was suggested by Maxine. Thank you Maxine. ~ James

mrali613 - 2011-09-22: 13:46:00
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