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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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Revolver

Created by: walterrafelsberger

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I revolvered his compliment.

Etymology: from revolver, noun (similar to gun).

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Praisesluff

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: praise-sluff

Sentence: Stephanie praisesluffed compliments.

Etymology: praise + sluff

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Compligrate

Created by: Sarfaraz

Pronunciation: comp...li..grate

Sentence: I felt myself thrown out of the room when my words were compligrated.

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Exoegophobe

Created by: Madamemojo

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Etymology: exo-ego-phobe

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Aperflattic

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: app er flat ick

Sentence: Stan hated when Mary's responses were all aperflattic, to the point he never gave her any more compliments.

Etymology: from apathy and from flattery to be apparently apathetic about flattery

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Unusdisgustus

Created by: meganfis

Pronunciation: unus-dis-gus-tus

Sentence: She was unusdisgustus when the man complimented her hair.

Etymology: unus-one; dis-not; gus-gross; tus

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Rekudodiate

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: re koodo dee ayt

Sentence: Although she took pains to look gorgeous, Shyanne could only rekudodiate the kind words she heard. Sadly, she did not have enough self-esteem to believe them.

Etymology: repudiate (reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust) & Kudo (an expression of approval and commendation)

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Kudoesnt

Created by: Carla

Pronunciation: kew-dus-nt

Sentence: Charlotte had a rebuttal ready for any compliment. The speed and ease with which she would reel off (seemingly endless) lists of her defects, revealed her many years of practice as a kudoesnt.

Etymology: kudos + doesn't

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COMMENTS:

Or kudont - artr, 2011-01-14: 06:52:00