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DEFINITION: n. A self-image disorder characterized by an inability look at, share, or even recognize pictures of yourself, unless they have been photoshopped to perfection. v. To fall in love with a photoshopped image yourself.
Verboticisms
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Alterimagoism
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Alt-ur-imar-go-izum
Sentence: Last year Claire's holiday was marred when she got back the photographs of her on the beach. Suffering from an acute case of Alterimagoism, she was determined that this year's snaps were going to be touched up to within an inch of their lives to make her slim and beautiful before they took pride of place in her photo album.
Etymology: Alter(Change character or appearance. ORIGIN alterere, from alter 'other') + Image(a visible impression obtained by a camera. ORIGIN Imago related to IMITATE) = Alterimagoism
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COMMENTS:
At first glance, I thought: Mr Magoo you've done again. Nice blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-01: 03:25:00
ALTERIMAGOISM- snaposuction's devious cousin. Good work. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-01: 06:39:00
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Doppeldigitize
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dop pel dij it eyze
Sentence: Dorothy liked to communicate with many on-line friends. She felt much safer and sexier by having her real photo go through a doppeldigitze process, so that she looked younger, fairer, thinner and more attractive and possibly even a richer persona. Of course, at this rate, she could never risk meeting these friends in person, lest they see they had been fooled. What she failed to understand was that they also doppeldigitized themselves, so that she could never recognize them from their photo-shopped images. Sadly, these were the most honest and real friends she had ever cultivated.
Etymology: Doppel (German for Double; a Doppelganger is someone's exact double, thought by many to be seen on a different parallel as an exact double or even an evil twin) & Digitize (put into digital form, as for use in a computer;to change into computer format)
Visagexia
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: viz-ij-ex-ee-ah
Sentence: Ever since Carmel's really bad nose job, she's been suffering with a severe case of visagexia.
Etymology: visage + exia (like anorexia, without appetite, without a face)
Jpego
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: jay-pee-go
Sentence: my jpego was so out of control that i had all reflective surfaces removed from my house
Etymology: jpeg, ego
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COMMENTS:
brilliant! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-05: 07:56:00
ooh - is that like impetjpego - I hear it's very contagious - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-05: 09:39:00
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Transnarcissism
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation: trans NAR sis ism
Sentence: "Didn't you ever notice the black frame?" he said to me with equal parts disdain and bewilderment, "Her transnarcissism has been so severe that she carries that tablet everywhere. Didn't you notice she's wearing a graduation hat everywhere we go? We have to find Heilman, before it's too late!"
Etymology: Transcend + Narcissism.
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COMMENTS:
i don't think i really got what i wanted out of this word, but reversedoriangreyism was way too hard to work out well as one word. - jadenguy, 2007-06-05: 09:20:00
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Pixelove
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pik sel luv
Sentence: Jane had no mirrors in her home, but she did have a very active computer. She created a very flattering (and very different) image of herself on her screen. She very much did pixelove this CyberBarbie and truly believed that this was the image people actually saw when faced with her. She figured it was way cheaper than plastic surgery...
Etymology: Pixel ((computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot))& Love (have a great affection or liking for; strong positive emotion of regard and affection)
Pixosis
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: pix/os/is
Sentence: Her psychiatrist's treatment of pixosis was to get her, over time, to use older and older versions of Photoshop until she weaned herself of the program.
Etymology: pixel + osis
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COMMENTS:
does that treatment work? - jadenguy, 2007-06-05: 15:36:00
Yes, it's called de-programming. - Stevenson0, 2007-06-05: 21:25:00
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Flimmage
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: fuh-lim-age
Sentence: I think you've got a case of flimmage going on there. That's a picture of you, only it doesn't show your freckles, your eyes aren't blue and there's no moustache.
Etymology: 'Flawless' and 'image' squeezed together, with an extra 'm' just for the hell of it!
Fallaciovisagism
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: FUH-LAY-SEE-OH-VIS-UDGE-ISM
Sentence: Crusty yet benign, the elderly Dr Beddows explained it to me thus: We ALL exhibit, to one degree or another the self-delusional trait known as FALLACIOVISAGISM. To deny our quest for physical beauty and our desire to reclaim our youth would be to deny our very humanity.Ever since the advent of albumen-plate photography,vanity has encouraged mankind to re-touch ourselves in order to have our appearances correspond more closely with our own self-image. However, if left unchecked, this innate tendency can have undesirable, often tragic effects. Statisticians have attempted to link FALLACIOVISAGISM to the rising rate of "virtual" homicides brought on by the casual uploading of doctored portraits prevalent in the cyberdating arena. While the jury is still out on these claims, we should all be aware of the siren which lurks behind the laptop- FALLACIOVISAGISM ! Beware of "headshots"!
Etymology: FALLACIOus+VISAGE+ISM...fallacious:misleading or deceptive...visage:the face or facial expression...ism:condition resuling from an excess of something specified.
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COMMENTS:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/216 - metrohumanx, 2008-07-31: 00:38:00
Enjoyable reading, as always. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-01: 03:20:00
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Adobillusion
Created by: shutz
Pronunciation: A-do-bil-lu-zion
Sentence: I got a real shock when we finally met face-to-face, as her adobillusion had always acted as a firewall between the two of us.
Etymology: From Adobe, makers of Photoshop, and illusion.
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COMMENTS:
acrobatic! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-05: 07:57:00
Another good one and great sentence!! - Stevenson0, 2007-06-05: 21:45:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Lucyof2009. Thank you Lucyof2009! ~ James
ErWenn - 2007-06-05: 02:55:00
Excellent definition. I think that the one-word restriction should be eliminated in special cases, such as when the definition is for a medical disorder.
That might work well for special theme weeks. Disease Week is an ideal candidate. Maybe there could be special challenges some times too, like having to write a limerick instead of just a sentence, or haiku.
Hey ErWenn and Petaj, Thanks for the creative ideas! And yes, I think it would be fun to change-up the rules. ErWenn, if you want to change your word into two-word verboticism, you can. Go to the edit/comment page for your word. You will see a link, in small gray type at the bottom of the page, which says "Oops, I want to change the spelling..." Click on this link, and then change your one-word answer into two words and submit. You will get a javascript alert, but the word will be saved. (This works in firefox...)
Hey Petaj, We are doing a theme-week on "office politics" next week! Can you think of any special challenges? ~ James
Well, how about using the word in a sentence from the minutes of a meeting, or in the style of a policy or procedure document.
jadenguy - 2007-06-05: 12:25:00
Or make everybody put a cover letter on their TPS reports before submitting them.
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-05: 14:30:00
Make everyone sit through a performance review of their word.
Stevenson0 - 2007-06-05: 21:34:00
How about filing long range plans, having the boss to dinner(you're invited Mr. Verbotomy next weekend)and paying into the coffee and gift fund?!?!?
Today's definition was suggested by Lucyof2009. Thank you Lucyof2009. ~ James