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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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Praince
Created by: RyxEuclie
Pronunciation: Pray-n-ce
Sentence: I don't like her, she's too praince.
Etymology:
Insecuritease
Created by: aoife
Pronunciation: 'in-sek-yer-a-teez'
Sentence: 'John freaked out before his presentation and securiteasing everyone in the room, even though he's the best speaker in the company.'
Etymology: 'insecurity' + 'tease'
Noesteemistis
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation:
Sentence: noesteemistis hit her again as her husband merely commented that she looked fine.
Etymology:
Attendict
Created by: slumpman
Pronunciation: A-ten-dicked
Sentence:
Etymology: Attention + addict
Insecueriflatter
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: in-se-KWER-ih-flat-ter
Sentence:
Etymology:
Selfscrew
Created by: kevinrio
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Am I fat or do I selfscrew myself? Please be honest.
Etymology: self + screw
Flategious
Created by: zack2981
Pronunciation: flah-TEE-gee-us
Sentence: Despite her smarts and excellent rack, Helen was quite flategious.
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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.