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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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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)
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.
Tribuke
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /tri-'byük/
Sentence: Words may never hurt him, but with all his tribuking, words couldn't really help him either.
Etymology: From tribute + rebuke
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COMMENTS:
nice! - wordmeister, 2007-01-19: 10:57:00
Thanks. - ErWenn, 2007-01-21: 00:34:00
Oh, I like that one! Very catchy, rolls off the tongue JUST right.:) - PolishedAmethyst, 2007-01-21: 03:19:00
Thanks to you too, PA. - ErWenn, 2007-01-21: 10:56:00
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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
Complamenticitus
Created by: pandafever
Pronunciation: com-pla-ment-acitus
Sentence: Maggie's complamenticitus was out of control on her wedding day.
Etymology:
Deflattion
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: deeflashion
Sentence: His attempt at flattery met with rapid deflattion.
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
Complimental
Created by: danboaz
Pronunciation: com-pli-men-tal
Sentence: any time Sunsan recieved the slightest bit of praise she went completely complimental
Etymology: compliment + mental
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COMMENTS:
Hey Dan, Excellent! Oops... Hope you don't go complimental. - wordmeister, 2007-01-19: 09:57:00
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Comments:
Hey Verbotomists, Sorry for the double re-run. Here is a new one for today ~ James