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DEFINITION: v., To pretend that you like something that you don't, in hopes that someone else will like your pretensions. n., A person who doesn't like what they actually like, and pretends to like what other people like.
Verboticisms
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Meemick
Created by: QuantumMechanic
Pronunciation: mee' mik
Sentence: He was a such a meemick, he ate one of my cucumber muffin sushi rice balls covered in honey.
Etymology: mee (
Reflectsham
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: re/fleck/sham
Sentence: To ensure successful networking in the office, John became a reflectsham of those whom he needed to impress the most in order to get ahead.
Etymology: reflection + sham
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COMMENTS:
Nice word! Congrats on 'dealusional' - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-28: 17:50:00
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Reflectsham
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: re/fleck/sham
Sentence: To ensure successful networking in the office, John became a reflectsham of those whom he needed to impress the most in order to get ahead.
Etymology: REFLECTSHAM - noun - from REFLECTION (to give back, show an image of, or reproduce) + SHAM (something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; a fraud, or hoax)
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COMMENTS:
Good word. - Mustang, 2008-10-24: 07:45:00
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Fadtuous
Created by: hendrixius
Pronunciation: /fad-choo-wuhs/
Sentence: Don't be fadtuous, Jeffrey, we all know you don't really like Yoko Ono.
Etymology: "fad" and "fatuous"
Fawndamentalist
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: fahn/duh/men/ta/list
Sentence: Stu was a flagrant fawndamentalist, famous for fakery.
Etymology: fawn (ingratiate) + fundamentalist (die-hard enthusiast)
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COMMENTS:
Shazam! Couldn't have put it better myself. Excellent Verbotmicism! - Mustang, 2007-11-28: 07:52:00
Very good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-28: 17:46:00
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Likophobist
Created by: simralotomy
Pronunciation: like-o-pho-bist
Sentence: Some likeophobists are quite popular in our college....they seem to mix up with almost everyone
Etymology: Like combined with o for opposite of phobia
Morfiend
Created by: Nuwanda
Pronunciation: more-feend
Sentence: Julia was intoxicated by the feeling of power she got when she morfiend into various social circles merely taking on their interests. After a while, she morfiend so often that she became an actual morfiend, unable to distinguish her own likes and dislikes any more.
Etymology: morph--to change + fiend--an evil person, combined to sound like morphine.
Sociophony
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SO-see-oh-fone-ee
Sentence: Always looking for opportunities to impress dates, employers and influential people, Gilbert has become an absolutely shameless sociophony who would do or say anything be popular.
Etymology: Blend of 'social' and 'phony'
Sycophabricate
Created by: bayview5377
Pronunciation: sik-oh-FAB-ri-cate (v) or sik-oh-FAB-ri-kit (n)
Sentence: I wanted the cute redhead to like me so when she told me she was a Steelers fan I had to sycophabricate my response. I want to be a sophisticate but what I did makes me a sycophabricate.
Etymology: From the words "sycophant", meaning a self-serving servile flatterer, and "fabricate", meaning to make up something untrue.
Loanakin
Created by: Ofelia
Pronunciation: loe-n-uh-kin
Sentence: (Noun): John's quite the loanakin. I don't think he's ever disliked anything that sarah likes. (Verb): I think I'll loanakin that sweater from you, said John, as he bought the same one the next day.
Etymology: Loan- To borrow something Akin- To be of a kind or kindred; equivalent to something in one category.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Mustang and remistram. Thank you Mustang and remistram! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Mustang. Thank you Mustang. ~ James