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DEFINITION: To require constant reassurance, praise, and -- in emergency situations -- flattery, despite obvious qualifications and/or expertise.
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Craital
Created by: Divakar
Pronunciation: KRAY-tull
Sentence: Even after being told how beautiful she was by her boyfriend John, Jill was still craital about her appearance.
Etymology: craindre (french for "fear")
Luccatmism
Created by: Flixst
Pronunciation: look-at-me-ism
Sentence: Don't pay attention, she's a luccatmist
Etymology: "look at me"
Suckaprovealot
Created by: modemjunkie
Pronunciation: suck aprove a lot
Sentence: When I feel insecure I suckaprovealot
Etymology:
Selfscrew
Created by: kevinrio
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Am I fat or do I selfscrew myself? Please be honest.
Etymology: self + screw
Parannoying
Created by: urbanwookie
Pronunciation: para-noi-ing
Sentence: Jane's continual and parannoying need for praise and reassurance was causing her colleagues some distress. Were they becoming parannoyed?
Etymology: paranoid/paranoia + annoyed
Aptxiety
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: apt/zahy/i/tee
Sentence: Her psychiatrist diagnosed her problem as aptxiety.
Etymology: apt + anxiety
Humbull
Created by: TheBocaj
Pronunciation: HUHM-buhl
Sentence: Janice was Humbull; She knew she was a great cook, but insisted upon faking meekness after fishing a compliment out of a satisfied dinner guest.
Etymology: To be Humble as an act/load of crap [Bull]
Mediotekht
Created by: msokoloffster
Pronunciation: Mee - Dee - Oh - Tekt
Sentence: My blind date forced me to mediotekht; we never saw each other again.
Etymology: Unknown...
Unsecuphilysia
Created by: Windyo
Pronunciation: un/sec/you/phi/ly/sia
Sentence: She has a really bad case of unsecuphylisia...
Etymology: Unsecure + physical + "sia" to make it more doctor- or latin-like
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wordmeister - 2006-12-08: 15:42:00
Who has the best word of the day? Any opinions?
Jabberwocky - 2006-12-08: 16:25:00
are you requiring some constant reassurance wordmeister - perhaps some flatterybattery or phladulation and why isn't verbotomy asking??
wordmeister - 2006-12-08: 17:32:00
Yes Jabberwocky that's it -- self-phladulation.
wordmeister - 2006-12-08: 17:36:00
And I see that my score has gone up since I asked, so apparently it's working.
Stevenson0 - 2006-12-08: 17:51:00
confphladulations wordmeister
wordmeister - 2006-12-08: 18:00:00
Hey Stevenson0, Oh thank you, but surely you're not suffering from Aptxiety? Check out last weeks stats -- your word, "Coiffolgy", is the "Word of the week"! So all my confphladulations are directed to you.