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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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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]
Soothearing
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: soothe-hearing (said smoothly)
Sentence: I dumped Jennifer, because she required too much soothearing.
Etymology: soothe + hearing
Loselfesteemist
Created by: BDR1985
Pronunciation: lo-self-est-eem-ist
Sentence: Are you always such a loselfesteemist before making a presentation?
Etymology: Low + Self-Esteem
Profidence
Created by: Fleury
Pronunciation: PRO-fih-dinse
Sentence: The complete and utter lack of confidence left her with nothing but profidence
Etymology: antonym of "confidence"
Yoropinion
Created by: Chistinalove
Pronunciation: your - opinion
Sentence: She was always needing yoropinion before leaving the house.
Etymology: yor - for your opinion - self explainatory
Overemphlaterise
Created by: theantiipod
Pronunciation: Over-em-flat-ter-ise
Sentence: Every ten minutes I had to overemphlaterise Shawnna because she that she didn't look good.
Etymology: Over + emphasize + flatter
Vaccuumesteem
Created by: ennia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Because of her constant need for resassurance, she was diagnosed with Vaccuumesteem.
Etymology:
Subworthicate
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: sub-were-thi-kate or sub-worth-i-kat
Sentence: Despite his obvious achievements, Shane continued to subworthicate.
Etymology: Based on the notion of undervaluing oneself, but with a conceited need to have others constantly shower you with praise (which itself, conceit-free, would be "worthicate")
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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.