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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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Illphotia
Created by: kensiesfate
Pronunciation: ill-pho-ti-a
Sentence: She can't stand to look at herself, she has illphotia
Etymology:
Airbrushism
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: ehr-brush-izum
Sentence: Samantha's severe airbrushism was diagnosed after her friends noticed that all the mirrors in her apartment were covered with photoshopped images of her.
Etymology: airbrush (to remove detail as if by an airbrush) + ism (suffix)
Iconsee
Created by: geoamnesia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I morphed some images of pretty actresses for my avatar, until I got a sense of peaceful iconsee.
Etymology: "I can see" + "icon". Emotional response to icons, ranging from positive to extremely negative.
Dysaformperfectum
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: dis a form per fect uum
Sentence: Airbrushing out her acne showed a mild form of dysaformperfectum.
Etymology: dys - problematic form - physical perfect - without flaw
Cosmoshopism
Created by: livejuicy
Pronunciation: koz-moh-shop-izm
Sentence: Cosmo readers are those most common to suffer from cosmoshopism.
Etymology: cosmopolitan + photoshop + ism
Narcissisister
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: närsəsistər
Sentence: There are two Tiffanys, the one who wears sweats, little make-up and rarely does more than pull her hair back into a ponytail and the super model who must agonize over every detail of her appearance. She refers to the latter as her narcissister.
Etymology: narcissism (excessive or erotic interest in oneself and one’s physical appearance) + sister (a woman or girl in relation to other daughters and sons of her parents)
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)
Wealthconscious
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Welth-con-shus
Sentence: As her friends rumaged through her and her sisters childhood pictures, she explained how they were all her identical twin sisters since they were so unattractive to her. I took her years to really admit she suffered from Wealthconsciousness.
Etymology: Self-Conscious (conscious of one's being) + wealth (an abudance of something, of beauty in this case)
Digimutia nervosa
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌdɪdʒəˈmjuʃə ˌnɝˈvoʊsə/
Sentence: Shortly after completing his roles as Gollum in the _Lord of the Rings_ trilogy and as the title character in _King Kong_, actor Andy Serkis suffered a temporary but severe case of digimutia nervosa, refusing to be filmed without motion-capture gear and heavy post-production special effects.
Etymology: digi- (as in "digital") + muta- (from Latin "mutandis," meaning change, as in "mutate") + nervosa (indicating a mental disorder, as in "anorexia nervosa")
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COMMENTS:
Speaking of good sentences! Although Serkis was also Lumpy, the cook. - Clayton, 2007-06-05: 04:42:00
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Rabadic
Created by: Dustinisdean2007
Pronunciation: Ruh-bah-dick
Sentence: That lady is rabadic. She can't stand for anyone to see unphotoshopped pictures of her.
Etymology: Raba (Crazy, rabid, nervous), Dic (something-like).
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