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DEFINITION: v. To reject a compliment. May indicate low self-esteem, or false modesty, or even a psychopathic aversion to flattery. n. A person who has difficulty accepting praise.
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Semijectliment
Created by: FeelTheMcGrath
Pronunciation: Semm-Ai-Ject-Lih-Ment
Sentence: Robert was finely dining in a local seafood restaurant. His eyes wandered across the joint, until they came across those of Lisa's. Her cold hard stare pierced his emotional heart, he looked away quickly. Some time after they both had finished eating their meals, Robert decided to approach Lisa. He, having only had emotional ties with his mother, did not know how to converse with Lisa. So, naturally, he exclaimed, "Wow! You're hot!" Lisa quickly turned around only to Semijectliment him with, "No thank you."
Etymology: Semi- half ject- to reject liment- a compliment
Deflattion
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: deeflashion
Sentence: His attempt at flattery met with rapid deflattion.
Etymology:
Retrozeda
Created by: specks28
Pronunciation: Reh-Tro-Zee-Duh
Sentence: Billy was wearing a Retrozeda-looking shirt. A lot of people looked and said, " Look at that blast from the past."
Etymology: Retro- backward;back Zeda- Mr.Grzeda
Talkblock
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: tawk-blawk
Sentence: Though she clearly had the best set of kidneys at the party, Janet talkblocked anyone who tried to compliment them.
Etymology: block = to thwart or prevent + talk
Rejeclament
Created by: rfrey121
Pronunciation: Re-jec-lament
Sentence: Suzy gave Richard a rejeclament when he tried to tell her that he like what she was wearing.
Etymology: Rejec- to throw clament- praise
Perfecshun
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: per-fec-shun
Sentence: When I someone admires my artwork, I sometimes feel embarrassed, and perfecshun compliments.
Etymology: perfect (without fault) + shun (avoid)
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COMMENTS:
Me too... - wordmeister, 2007-01-19: 09:59:00
Too cute! Yeah, you got my vote! :) - PolishedAmethyst, 2007-01-21: 03:17:00
Too cute! Yeah, you got my vote! :) - PolishedAmethyst, 2007-01-21: 03:18:00
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Dissedmiss
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: dis-d-mis
Sentence: She thought he must be being sarcastic about her new hairstyle. In that, she was a classic dissedmiss.
Etymology: diss + miss (failure to hit the mark)
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COMMENTS:
:) - galwaywegian, 2011-01-11: 15:11:00
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Praisesluff
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: praise-sluff
Sentence: Stephanie praisesluffed compliments.
Etymology: praise + sluff
Stompliment
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: stomp - le - ment
Sentence: Douglas turned every compliment into a stompliment as he could not accept them. Instead he ignored or stomped all over anything positive that people said about him.
Etymology: stomp, compliment
Unjecdius
Created by: beverly
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She was unjecdius when he complimented her.
Etymology: un- not ject- "reject" reject the compliment dius- medius (mediocre)think of themselves as mediocre because of their low self esteem.
Comments:
Hey Verbotomists, Sorry for the double re-run. Here is a new one for today ~ James