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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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Derogastory

Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: dur/og/a/story

Sentence: Oh no...run. Here comes Beth with another derogastory

Etymology: derogatory + story

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So well done, we feel like running away with you! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 11:38:00

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Egoflog

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: EE-go-flog

Sentence: Having very low self esteem, Lindy would often resort to egoflogging in order to rationalize her self induced sense of worthlessness.

Etymology: Blend of 'ego' (sense of one's worth or importance) and 'flog' (to beat with or as if with a rod or whip, to criticize harshly)

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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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Flatterbate

Created by: stache

Pronunciation: FLAT ur bate

Sentence: Ethel couldn't stand another lunch with Marcia, who used every opportunity to flatterbate in order to draw out sympathetic disagreement with her negative comments about herself.

Etymology: combined form of flatter, to praise insincerely or profusely, and masturbate, to pleasure oneself.

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COMMENTS:

Sorry, too obvious given the definition (misspelling of "bait" was an irresistable clue). - stache, 2008-02-27: 15:29:00

There's no way to make this more enticing! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 17:46:00

It has such allure! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 17:48:00

you must have entered this late in the day - great word - bookowl, 2008-02-29: 16:32:00

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Flattertrolling

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: flatərtroʊlng

Sentence: One of Denise’s favorite pastimes is flattertrolling. She tosses out self-effacing comments fully expecting friends and coworkers to boost her hungry ravenous ego. Her least favorite workmate is Roy who often just shakes his head and says, ”You’re right”.

Etymology: flatter (lavish insincere praise and compliments upon someone) + trolling (fish by trailing a baited line along behind a boat)

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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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Manipubait

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: man - ip - u - bayt

Sentence: Georgia was at it again....she really knew how to manipubait everyone into saying the things she needed to hear.... "Don't you think my hair is really looking ratty today", "Look at all the puffiness under my eyes", "I really need to get a tighter girdle. Things are escaping that you don't want to see"...etc, etc. She always got the results she wanted....lots of comments on how thin, pretty, young and intelligent she was.

Etymology: Manipulate (influence or control shrewdly or deviously; "He manipulated public opinion in his favor") + Bait (lure, entice, or entrap with bait)

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You wont be seeing this in the paper! - timlumber1, 2008-12-13: 17:16:00

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Overesteemer

Created by: AMurray

Pronunciation: o-ver-es-teem-er

Sentence: Nobody like an overesteemer they make everyone else feel bad.

Etymology: over-above and beyone es-self teem-thought er- (suffix) being of or from

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Autoselfpitiate

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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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Palaversion

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: pal a ver shun

Sentence: Penny used palaversion to get attention for herself. Pity, compassion and sympathy helped her get the attention and flattery she needed. It was a form of passive-aggressive pandering.

Etymology: Palaver (flattery intended to persuade;influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering)& Aversion (the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away)

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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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