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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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Averject
Created by: TrJoshB
Pronunciation: Av-er-jekt
Sentence: Because she was so humble, she averjected every compliment she received.
Etymology: avoid + reject
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COMMENTS:
i like this one. lol. - TrJoshB, 2007-01-24: 16:58:00
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Revolver
Created by: walterrafelsberger
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I revolvered his compliment.
Etymology: from revolver, noun (similar to gun).
Complimace
Created by: alphabetapolothology
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: compliment & mace
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
Circumtotapraise
Created by: DeanHildner
Pronunciation: Ser-kum-tot-uh-praise
Sentence: Donna circumtotapraised the compliment Brian gave her.
Etymology: Circum- around tot- all; whole praise- praise
Compligrate
Created by: Sarfaraz
Pronunciation: comp...li..grate
Sentence: I felt myself thrown out of the room when my words were compligrated.
Etymology:
Mediconcious
Created by: DrDurrer
Pronunciation: med-e-con-she-us
Sentence: she was medoconcious of her looks and therefore never dressed to impress.
Etymology: medi- average concious- how one feels about themselves
Knockbackoff
Created by: Psychicsi
Pronunciation: nok-bak-off
Sentence: Mandy had to knockbackoff another of her party guests. Yes she was pretty, but she didnt want to come accross as easy.
Etymology: From knock-back (to reject something) and back-off
Swerveulogize
Created by: SydneyNFox
Pronunciation: SWER-V-U-LEH-J-IZE
Sentence: When i was elected prom Queen, I found it difficult to swerveulogize peoples comments.
Etymology: Swerve: Old english swerorfan- to turn away eulogize: Greek eulogia- praise; good or fine language
Comments:
Hey Verbotomists, Sorry for the double re-run. Here is a new one for today ~ James