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DEFINITION: To require constant reassurance, praise, and -- in emergency situations -- flattery, despite obvious qualifications and/or expertise.
Verboticisms
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Selfscrew
Created by: kevinrio
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Am I fat or do I selfscrew myself? Please be honest.
Etymology: self + screw
Recare
Created by: Kevcom2007
Pronunciation: Reee/Cair
Sentence: Before the Prom dance, Samantha needed lots of recare so that she could feel self confidence in her body structure.
Etymology: Relief + Care
Fellatiodious
Created by: nicolase
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Mark's professed insecurity was enacted with fellatiodious intent.
Etymology: A portmanteau of...yeah, you know what? If you can't break that one down, champ, you shouldn't be playing games with grownup words.
Insecueriflatter
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: in-se-KWER-ih-flat-ter
Sentence:
Etymology:
Noesteemistis
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation:
Sentence: noesteemistis hit her again as her husband merely commented that she looked fine.
Etymology:
Distrionics
Created by: ArsMajika
Pronunciation: DIS-tree-ON-iks
Sentence: "The valedictorian, going through severe distrionics, continually called his professor to have his grade point average read to him over the phone."
Etymology: Distrust, coupled with Histrionics.
Comments:
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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.