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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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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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Egotrolling

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ˈēgōtroʊling

Sentence: Susy's self-esteem had taken a battering during her lifetime. It started with her parents letting her know that her birth had been an accident, the aftermath of an open-bar company christmas party. Her response was egotrolling. Much like a skilled fisherman, she would cast out a baited line to see what she could catch. Her line?: "I'm not very good (whatever) Her bait?: a sad pouty face.

Etymology: ego (a person's sense of self-importance) trolling (to fish by trailing a baited line behind a boat)

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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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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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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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Egotsk

Created by: nickmarziani

Pronunciation: ee-go-tisk

Sentence: Brian: If I could just lose ten pounds, I could really pull off this outfit. Edgar: Egotsk, dude--you know damn well you look hot in that cardigan!

Etymology: Egoist(conceited, boastfil person) + Tsk (a declaration of disdain)

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COMMENTS:

petaj nice and concise - petaj, 2008-12-11: 02:07:00

Cute, and very good verboticism - Mustang, 2008-12-11: 07:14:00

I dont like your word! Sorry dude! - timlumber1, 2008-12-13: 17:11:00

I think your ego got in the way, it was your ego-tisk HAHA please try again! - timlumber1, 2008-12-14: 05:07:00

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Steponme

Created by: idavecook

Pronunciation: STEP ON ME

Sentence: Gawd, Tracy's steponmeness has really gotten out of control. I heard she is going to be on the new reality show, "Kick Me When I am Down"

Etymology: I would have just used "mygirlfriend" but I thought I'd be a little more creative

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COMMENTS:

A steponme wanting everyone to step in and step her up! Outsteppingly done! This has a real kick to it! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 17:53:00

Great etymology — kinda' says it all. - Tigger, 2008-02-27: 22:24:00

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Lauren

Created by: 531217

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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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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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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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