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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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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.

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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

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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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Gruntful

Created by: ubgrud

Pronunciation: grunt-full

Sentence: She was very gruntful when I complimented her on her blouse.

Etymology: grunt+grateful

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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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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

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Flattertatter

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: FLA-tur-ta-tur

Sentence: In a vain attempt to appear modest, Sue would always flattertatter any morsel of flattery sent her way; in reality, we all knew she was a compliment whore, looking to be reflatterized. (In the interest of a smaller sentence, I reverbotomized flattery.)

Etymology: flatter, tatter (to tear to shreds)

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COMMENTS:

Good reverb! - wordmeister, 2007-01-19: 10:04:00

I was briefly proud of it, until I discovered I was a vocabuloser. - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-19: 18:05:00

Tee hee!! - Sed8ed, 2007-01-19: 23:59:00

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Refeudiater

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: re fyoo de aytor

Sentence: When Biff told Penelope she looked hot, she argued with him. She always argued with anyone who tried to compliment her. She lived up to her reputation as a refeudiater. Maybe she should just move to Alaska.

Etymology: Repudiate ( reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust) & Feud (a bitter quarrel between two parties)& Refudiate (Sarah Palin's made-up word)

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