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DEFINITION: To take a picture of yourself, pointing a camera at yourself, while you admire yourself. Often done in the privacy of your bathroom.
Verboticisms
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Selfpicturate
Created by: lucyof2009
Pronunciation: self-picture-ate
Sentence: I saw that new picture you put on your blog; did you selfpicturate?
Etymology: combination of "self" (as in yourself)and "picture" with the suffix "-ate" to make it a verb
Selfadortrait
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: salf-ah-door-trit
Sentence: He tried to invent a see-through camera so that his selfadortraits wouldn't seem so obvious
Etymology: self-portrait, adore
Narcissograph
Created by: Guthlaf1
Pronunciation: nar-SISS-O-graff
Sentence: No week was complete without Janet taking at least three narcissographs in her room.
Etymology: From - Narcissus, a man from Greek mythology who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water Also - '-graph': the measurement, display or portrayal of a subject
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COMMENTS:
A vote from me - we thought very much alike on this one. - Stump, 2006-12-25: 05:13:00
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Shelfportrait
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: shelf-por-trayt
Sentence: The magnifying mirror aligned perfectly with the camera for Sharon's shelfportrait.
Etymology: Shelf: a surface usually covered in personal possessions. Portrait: a pictorial representation of a person usually showing the face.
Paparazzegoing
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: paw-pa-rot-see-go-ing
Sentence: When paparazzegoing your picture to post online, be sure to check the background for tell-tale signs of toilet paper and other bathroom products.
Etymology: paparrazi, ego
Whosthefairesting
Created by: Psychicsi
Pronunciation: who-s-the-fair-est-ing
Sentence: Jill spent so long in the bathroom whosthefairesting, that her date gave up and went home.
Etymology: From the wicked stepmother in the fairytale Snow White, who spent much time admiring herself in her magic mirror while asking "mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?"
Reflectography
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: re-flek-TAWG-rah-fee
Sentence: Candice was renowned for her piles of blurry reflectography snapshots.
Etymology: Reflect + photography
Myangles
Created by: weyrlady
Pronunciation: My-angles
Sentence: She's done a lot of myangling.
Etymology: A reference to the sort of photography that tends to show up on MySpace - the MySpace angles.
Photomyre
Created by: camel
Pronunciation: photo-my-er
Sentence: We spent days in her bathroom just photomyring ourselves while listening to James Brown & smoking fine cigars.
Etymology: Photo, admire
Narcissickness
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: nahr-sih-sik-nis
Sentence: She had photos of her face from every possible angle but her narcissickness kept her from having a normal life.
Etymology: Narcissistic + sickness
Comments:
bbooth3 - 2006-12-25: 15:41:00
bbooth3 - 2006-12-25: 15:42:00
admirroration
oohh I like admirroration.