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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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Joyderide

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: joi-DI-rahyd.

Sentence: The strange sounds that echoed in my head, obviously were even funnier on my lips, for my French speaking classmates laughed till they cried. And every day my pronunciation sounded worse, and there was nothing I could do to improve it. Then one day I said to myself, Bob you’re on a winner here; milk it, be the butt of their jokes, slip in a few Malay words and they will love you even more. It was fantastic I was more popular than ever before; the hurt had gone; the “joie de jeers” were now sweet music to my ears; my emotional tank was full again, and it was seat-belts on for the joyderide of my life.

Etymology: Blend of joy, joyride, & deride. Perhaps in line with the french flavour of my sentence, the verbotomy should be, "joie de ride".

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COMMENTS:

Oh ... a joy deride it for all it's worth! Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 12:08:00

very nice Ozzie - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-27: 13:10:00

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Badulation

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ba/du/lay/shun

Sentence: Sally discovered that she could attract more flattery by dropping snippets of badulation such as "I wish I could be as warm and cozy as you but with 0% bodyfat and this ridicuouisly slender body I could only end up with the thankless job of making designer's clothes look fabulous."

Etymology: bad + adulation

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COMMENTS:

Yes, it is way better to be a great Human Clotheshanger than a great Human Being! - Nosila, 2008-12-11: 22:20:00

Excellent. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-13: 16:14:00

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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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Amorport

Created by: oliviasull

Pronunciation: uh-mor-port

Sentence: The girl with the purple dress was amorportating and I was just sick of it!

Etymology: the love of getting support

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Flattersnare

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈflædɚˌsnɛɹ/

Sentence: The sort of person who gets caught in a flattersnare tends to care about others' feelings and escape generally means doing even more damage to the trapper's feelings, so escape is generally difficult. However, repeatedly trapping the same person is dangerous as even the biggest softy in the world has their limits.

Etymology: from flatter + snare

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COMMENTS:

So strong a word, I feel snared by it! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 11:57:00

Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-27: 16:00:00

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