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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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Slureptitious

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: slur ept ish us

Sentence: She was very slureptitious from an early age. At school she would complain that she only won prizes because the teacher pitied her because she came from a broken home (which was true, but only because she had broken most of it, includint all the crystal from her persistant screaming. To this day dogs will not walk down that street).

Etymology: slur, surreptitious

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Erupted in laughter over your sentence. Fun one! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 12:11:00

she sounds lovely - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-27: 13:17:00

Lots of laughter and nice word blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-27: 15:58:00

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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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COMMENTS:

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

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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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Compulty

Created by: bertbam86

Pronunciation: com-pul-ty

Sentence: "If you compult one more time I will never speak to you again."

Etymology:

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Egomanivivus

Created by: catcher93

Pronunciation: ego mani viv us

Sentence: You are too egomanivivus, all you care about is how much you think that dress makes you look fat.

Etymology: ego comes from the latin word ego meaning I/self. mani comes from the english word maniac. and viv comes from the latin word viva meaning life

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Complitrolling

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kom-pluh-troh-ling

Sentence: Every time Allison says something bad about herself, she expects her friends to tell her how wrong she is. Her complitrolling has become so annoying that several of her buddies have taken to merely agreeing with her.

Etymology: compliment (an expression of praise, commendation, or admiration) + trolling (fishing)

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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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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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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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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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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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