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DEFINITION: To reject a compliment. May indicate low self-esteem, or false modesty, or even a psychopathic aversion to flattery.
Verboticisms
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Fawnyawn
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: FAWN-yawn
Sentence: Alex's compliments of her choice of T-shirt and sweatpants were met only with a fawnyawn.
Etymology: fawn (to flatter) + yawn (as an expression of disdain)
Nulliflirt
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: NULL-uh-flurt
Sentence: After the third time Rico complimented her breasts within ten minutes, Gertrude was forced to nulliflirt his advances by informing him that "they're not real."
Etymology: Nullify + flirt
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COMMENTS:
funny sentence - Gionuzzo, 2007-08-07: 17:02:00
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Repelaud
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: re-PELL-ord
Sentence: Mergrin was a feisty goblin who refused to play the celebrity, although he was the high king of the gibrillaiths. He had developed a number of tricks to repelaud so as to avoid sinking into a neurotic spell of self-hatred.
Etymology: repel + laud
Doubty
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Why are you always such a doubty?
Etymology:
Dysaccoladia
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: dis-ak-ko-lay-DI-a
Sentence: Roxie didn't have low self-esteem or false modesty. She was suffering from dysaccoladia with an obsessional loathing for the obsequious; a phobia fearing fawnicators and was waging a war on wheedlers.
Etymology: From "dys" a prefix meaning "ill, abnormal, bad; "accolade" meaning "praise" in familiar speech and "ia" "condition"
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COMMENTS:
Got one of my votes. :) - Wordhewer, 2007-08-07: 05:51:00
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Genudeflect
Created by: Mintthyme
Pronunciation: 'jen-y&-di-flekt'
Sentence: Embarrassed by John's compliment, Sally quickly genudeflected.
Etymology: genuflect (to revere, worship) + deflect (to turn aside)
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COMMENTS:
Very nice. Here's a vote. - Wordhewer, 2007-08-07: 05:52:00
Anything with a "nude" in it works for me! - administraitor, 2007-08-07: 12:08:00
Oh my gosh, thank you. I mean, No thank you. - Mintthyme, 2007-08-08: 05:41:00
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Disstribute
Created by: administraitor
Pronunciation: dibb+trib+ute
Sentence: Every time an admirer made a flattering remark, Caroline would disstribute the unfortunate guy, making him question the strength of his deodorant.
Etymology: diss (slang - insult) + tribute (compliment)
Kudojudo
Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: coo-doe-jue-doe
Sentence: After telling Marcia how wonderful her new outfit looked, she could have just said "thank you." Instead, she kudojudoed the compliment by explaining how she only paid five dollars for it at the local second-hand store.
Etymology: kudos (informal for praise) + Judo (Japanese martial art used in self defense)
Complament
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: comp-lah-ment
Sentence: even as i said it, i knew she would complament my compliment
Etymology: compliment, lament
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2007-08-08: 04:23:00
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Selfpshycoflat
Created by: kellii3
Pronunciation: self pshyco flat
Sentence: i gave him a compliment and she was really horrible thats when i realised that she was a selfpshycoflat !
Etymology: self - self-esteem pshyco - pshycopathic flat - flattery