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'That's me in the mirror. Oh my gawd, is that me too?'

DEFINITION: To take a picture of yourself, pointing a camera at yourself, while you admire yourself. Often done in the privacy of your bathroom.

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Myflect

Created by: Manhattan

Pronunciation: My-Flekt

Sentence: Anne was going to MyFlect but she realized how cliche it was so she put down the camera and picked up a good Evelyn Waugh novel -- perhaps it was Brideshead Revisited.

Etymology: From MySpace, the online community, and the word reflect.

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Narcishoot

Created by: Flixst

Pronunciation: nar'si,ʃu:t

Sentence: The new phenomenon on the photosharing websites is the narcishooting

Etymology: narcisism + shoot(photography)

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Myspacify

Created by: willyoushutthehellup

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Portraflecting

Created by: adobrodt

Pronunciation: POR-tra-FLECK-ting

Sentence: Bob began to understand the story of Narcissus during one of his hours-long sessions of portraflecting.

Etymology: From portrait and reflecting.

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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

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Narcistography

Created by: geekgrrl

Pronunciation: närs-s-tgr-fee

Sentence: I just love taking photos - especially of myself. I am really into narcistography.

Etymology: Narcissist - Excessive love or admiration of oneself. Photography - The art, practice, or occupation of taking and printing photographs.

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Egotistography

Created by: tinydancer

Pronunciation: ee-goh-tis-toe-graf-ee

Sentence: A MySpace is not complete without a well-angled egotistograph.

Etymology: egotistical + photography

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Ifoto

Created by: johnnyrockett

Pronunciation: eye-fo-to

Sentence: With her new digital camera, she ifotoed all Christmas day.

Etymology: Ifoto - As in Ipod, and the rest of the I phenomenon. It's all about me.

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Love the etymology. Good stuff. - fonka99, 2006-12-25: 18:33:00

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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

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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

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Autochromotica

Created by: danboaz

Pronunciation: aut-O-crO-maw-ti-caw

Sentence: Sally started to lose her friends because of her obssesive autocromoticism. But the pictures got better and better.

Etymology: auto + chromatic + a dash of erotic (represented by the second O)

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Stareograph

Created by: Wriiight

Pronunciation: Stair - eee - oh - graff

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Etymology: Stare (prolonged observence) + Stereo (double) + graph (picture)

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Selfportraitism

Created by: Fenners

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I'm going to have a go at selfportraitism in the bathroom

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Egoshooting

lynx13

Created by: lynx13

Pronunciation:

Sentence: "egoshooting" is when you are big-head-photoshooting yourself

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Meography

Created by: chofu67

Pronunciation: me og raf fi

Sentence: She prattled on about herself, stopping only to distribute a print of her meography that betrayed her self proclaimed empathy.

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Egotograpgy

Created by: mickey666

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Narcissnap

Created by: fonka99

Pronunciation: Nar-ciss-snap

Sentence: When Gail feels a bit low, a session of narcissnapping always works wonders on her mood.

Etymology: Narcissism and Snapshot

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COMMENTS:

I just "joined" to see how big the group was behind this word. Now it seems I can't get out of the "group". Though I came up with the word independently I guess the first person ought to take credit. - vishalrix, 2006-12-26: 04:55:00

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Vanitography

Created by: ce0brb

Pronunciation: Van-o-tog-raphy

Sentence: Linda Loveherself was an avid vanotographer. She didn't really use her camera for anything else.

Etymology: Vanity & Photography

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Narcissesch

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /"när-is-'esh/

Sentence: MySpace and Flickr photo galleries are suffering from a glut of photos of people narcissesching.

Etymology: from Narcissus + Escher

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Capturcism

Created by: Chistinalove

Pronunciation: cap - sur - siz - um

Sentence: I caught my niece while she was having a capturcism moment.

Etymology: to capture your own narcissism

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Autome

Created by: Adamson

Pronunciation: O-to-me

Sentence: Just made this great autome, look at my hair, do a capiloscan !

Etymology: Auto (automatic) + Me

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Narcissem

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: narcissem

Sentence: narcissem is very good for your own EGO

Etymology: From Narcissus, who loved is own mirrorimage.

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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?"

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Autoportradmiration

celeron450

Created by: celeron450

Pronunciation: auto-por-trad-mir-a-shun

Sentence: When Vanessa saw the camera on the bathroom counter, she couldn't resist a little autoportradmiration.

Etymology: auto (self), portrait, admiration

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Cockpicture

Created by: currentlyinsolitude

Pronunciation: cock-picture

Sentence: She enjoyed cockpicturing herself and then looking at the photos.

Etymology: It's cocky + picture...duh!

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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

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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.

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Photonarciate

ubgrud

Created by: ubgrud

Pronunciation: foe-toe-nar-see-ate

Sentence: "What is she doing in there?" "Photonarciating." "Again?"

Etymology: photo- obvious narcissism - self-love (hahaha)

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Egoflash

Created by: maxxy

Pronunciation: ee-goe-FLASH

Sentence: Jim used up the batteries on his new digital camera by egoflashing his privates all night long.

Etymology: ego + the flash of a camera

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Admiritis

Created by: Flamechick911

Pronunciation: Ad-mir-itis

Sentence: I think I'm cursed with admiritis,everytime I get a camera in my hands I have to be by myself.

Etymology: itis-usually the meaning of the word it's at the end of is some kind of illness.

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Egophotoreflecion

Created by: ahwinters

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Selfpixalization

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: self/pix/a/lie/zay/shun

Sentence: With digital cameras, selfpixalization to get the perfect picture of myself is as easy as 1 - 2 - 3.

Etymology: self + pixals + actualization

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Admirroration

Created by: bbooth3

Pronunciation: ad mirror ration

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Egotograph

Created by: Hjason

Pronunciation: e-go-to-graph

Sentence: Often times I have caught him in the bathroom taking egotographs of himself while he was in the shower.

Etymology: ego+photograph

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Reflectographmiration

IHeartKiwiTarts

Created by: IHeartKiwiTarts

Pronunciation: " ree-fleck-toe-graf-my-ray-tion"

Sentence: I am filled with reflectographmiration for myself

Etymology: from the words reflect, photograph, and admiration. All greek or something?

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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

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Narcissify

twodigs

Created by: twodigs

Pronunciation: nar-SIS-i-fi

Sentence: I like to narcissify before a date; it builds my confidence.

Etymology: from the Greek myth of Narcissus

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Vainograph

Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: vayn-oh-graf

Sentence: When you make a myspace or facebook you put up your vainograph if you are any self-respecting emo kid.

Etymology: vain+photograph

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Selflick

Created by: Benperson

Pronunciation: sell' flik

Sentence: Mary enjoys selflicking for her MySpace.

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Narcissnap

Created by: vishalrix

Pronunciation: Nar-ciss-snap

Sentence: When Gail feels a bit low, a session of narcissnapping always works wonders on her mood.

Etymology: Narcissism and Snapshot

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COMMENTS:

I just "joined" to see how big the group was behind this word. Now it seems I can't get out of the "group". Though I came up with the word independently I guess the first person ought to take credit. - vishalrix, 2006-12-26: 04:55:00

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Vanitoil

Created by: Bulletchewer

Pronunciation: van-i-toyull

Sentence: Trying on the new blouse gave her the perfect opportunity to vanitoil.

Etymology: From "vanity" and "toilet" or "toil" meaning to work hard (this is sarcastic/ironic; perhaps a pun on a model who "works it")

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Photowank

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: photo wank

Sentence: frank could not resist having a photowank in the hotel bathroom.

Etymology: well, thats a bit obvious really.

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Narcitography

Created by: Coolfool

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- Coolfool, 2006-12-25: 05:02:00

Here's the ending of my first post (narcitography): The ending of my first post(It was unexplainedly misplaced or pilfered by cybergoyles.)seems to have been misplaced. I turned away from my keyboard, and when I turned back, and my computer indicated th - Coolfool, 2006-12-25: 05:27:00

(Coolfool) Again, truncated. There must be a bit limit, ...computer indicated that my first post was submitted. I don't see it. See next post. - Coolfool, 2006-12-25: 05:31:00

My gist: Be kind, as this is my first post (I'll resort to any dingus to garner any panegyrism). - Coolfool, 2006-12-25: 05:36:00

- Coolfool, 2006-12-25: 05:37:00

Narcitography pronunciation: First two syllables, as in narcissism, last three (obvious)as in photography). I just walked in and don't know my way around here yet, so if I step on protocol, soory. I'll learn. - Coolfool, 2006-12-25: 05:43:00

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Reflectography

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: re-flek-TAWG-rah-fee

Sentence: Candice was renowned for her piles of blurry reflectography snapshots.

Etymology: Reflect + photography

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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.

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Selfography

Created by: Tukkertje

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I love myself so much, that every time I look in the mirror I selfograph myself.

Etymology: self(phot)ography

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Vainity

Created by: kingofthespill

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Rephlotograph

Created by: lokiago

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Myspacemoment

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: my-space-moe-ment

Sentence: Sherry took a myspacemoment in the bathroom when she took a picture of herself in the mirror and admired it.

Etymology: myspace (where people go to admire themselves) + moment

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Myfacing

Created by: hermionesnape

Pronunciation: my-face-ing

Sentence: "My mom caught be myfacing in the bathroom, but I really needed a new picture for my site."

Etymology: from "myspace" and the art of posting one's mirror-reflected picture

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Photegotism

Created by: Drock

Pronunciation: foe-TEE-goe-tiz-um (Foe and goe rhyme with "slow.")

Sentence: Even though she was Mandy's best friend, she hated it when her photegotism started to show.

Etymology: Photo, as in photograph. Egotism - excessive selfishness

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Lavapictorialsnoberie

Created by: stormee

Pronunciation: Lava The (A) is long sound. pic-tor-ial/snob-erie

Sentence: Most days, you can find Chrissy in the bathroom,admiring herself and snapping away with her camera.

Etymology: Lava/ meaning lavatory. Pictorial/ a layout of pictures. Snoberie/ an obession with ones self.

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Myspaceshoot

librarian

Created by: librarian

Pronunciation: my'-space-shoot

Sentence: I was myspaceshooting myself last night and my MOM walked in. Ewww.

Etymology: because there are so many pics like this on myspace. so i hear.

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Autophotogrphy

Created by: DIKIDI

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Narcissigraph

Created by: memexikon

Pronunciation: nar cis' a graf

Sentence: Myspace has ushered in the age of the narcissigraph.

Etymology: narcissism + graph

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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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Eisoptrophotomania

Created by: omista

Pronunciation: I-sop-TRO-FO-to-MA-NE-a

Sentence: Her eisotropophotomania was getting so bad it was turning into agoraphobia.

Etymology: eisoptro- mirror, photo + mania

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Narciphoto

Created by: Stump

Pronunciation: Narcee/photo

Sentence: The bathroom not being enough for her, Sally sought out funhouses to feed her narciphotoing habit.

Etymology: Mash of the root words narcissist and photography.

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Imegin

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: Im-a-jen

Sentence: Cheryl was caught once again, imegining herself in the change room.

Etymology: I (myself) + me (myself) + imaging (creating images). With help from imagining (visualising) and mega (prefix used for describing pixels and bytes using in digital imaging)

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Photolify

Created by: seifip

Pronunciation: photo l e fy

Sentence: I photolify myself in the privacy of my bathroom.

Etymology: photo + life

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Grombling

Created by: taftouf

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Narsnap

Created by: hairydoginparis

Pronunciation: nar-snap

Sentence: I narsnapped myself in the bathroom with a camera.

Etymology: nar-narrcissus snap-sound a camera makes

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Comments:

bbooth3 - 2006-12-25: 15:41:00

bbooth3 - 2006-12-25: 15:42:00
admirroration

erasmus erasmus - 2006-12-27: 14:12:00
oohh I like admirroration.