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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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Compliphobic
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: com-pli-phO-bic
Sentence: David insisted Jill looked like a beauty queen in her long silky dress . Jill being compliphobic, just turned red, and told him to stop lying.
Etymology: compliment/phobic
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
Malzeda
Created by: meganhardy
Pronunciation: mal-zee-dah
Sentence: Bob tried to give Megan a compliment but she malzedad it because he was a big creep.
Etymology: Mal- bad Zeda- zeda
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COMMENTS:
LOOOOOOOOOVE it - meganhardy, 2013-09-30: 14:59:00
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Dissacclaim
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: diss/ah/claym
Sentence: To dissacclaim she was able to convince herself that she was in her own special world averse to any flattery but her own
Etymology: diss (short for disrespect or dismiss) + acclaim (praise)
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COMMENTS:
Hey Stevenson0, I will refrain from dissacclaimation, because I know you are in you own special world... - wordmeister, 2007-01-19: 10:55:00
Did somebody just say something? No - didn't think so - Stevenson0, 2007-01-19: 11:14:00
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Flirtavoid
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: flur-ta-void
Sentence: She was intensely shy and had a reputation for flirtavoidance due to her habit of "talk-to-the-hand" gestures when the opposite sex approached.
Etymology: flirt + avoid (pretty obvious)
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COMMENTS:
Yes, I have observed the "talk-to-the-hand" gestures. Now I know it's flirtavoidance, I'll knockbackoff... - wordmeister, 2007-01-19: 10:03:00
Yes, wouldn't want to get involved with a psychopath. - petaj, 2007-01-21: 03:13:00
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Rejaculate
Created by: johnnyrockett
Pronunciation: Re-jak-u-late
Sentence: With a wave of her hand, she rejaculated his comment about her beautiful dress.
Etymology: Reject + Adulate
Complimace
Created by: alphabetapolothology
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: compliment & mace
Flattereject
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: flatərējekt
Sentence: In an attempt to seem humble, Alex will flattereject any nice thing said about him. It doesn’t take most people too long to figure out that he is right.
Etymology: flattery (excessive and insincere praise) + reject (dismiss as inadequate, inappropriate, or not to one’s taste)
Comments:
Hey Verbotomists, Sorry for the double re-run. Here is a new one for today ~ James