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'Do I look okay?'

DEFINITION: To require constant reassurance, praise, and -- in emergency situations -- flattery, despite obvious qualifications and/or expertise.

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Luccatmism

Created by: Flixst

Pronunciation: look-at-me-ism

Sentence: Don't pay attention, she's a luccatmist

Etymology: "look at me"

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Femalia

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: fe male ee uh

Sentence: Honey, we got 6 minutes to get to the gate, don't come down with femalia now!

Etymology: from the word female, meaning to need constant flattery and reassurance.

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Modestaphobia

Created by: Abbers

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Pseudoinferioritis

Created by: wattoo

Pronunciation: soo-dow-in-fee-ree-or-eye-tiss

Sentence: Her pseudoinferioritis was infuriating

Etymology: Pseudo (false) inferior (inferiority complex) itis (disease)

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Divaitis

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: dee-vah-eye-tis

Sentence: Molly had sucumbed to divaitis and needed constant reassurance that she was the best surgeon in the hospital.

Etymology: diva (talented but conceited person) + itis (a condition)

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Strokego

Created by: johnnyrockett

Pronunciation: Stro-kego

Sentence: I strokegoed her for most of the night, despite the fact every man in the bar hit on her.

Etymology: Stroke+ego

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Humblanxiety

Created by: labareda

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Obsiquery

Created by: danboaz

Pronunciation: uhb-sEE-kweer-ee

Sentence: Sally's obsiqueries were sweet at first but as her insecurities overtook her accomplishments they became downright annoying

Etymology: obsiquious: sycophantic, flattering, cringing, submissive + query to ask

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Constaneedy

Created by: hvhtim

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Etymology: constant + needy

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Inadequirkacy

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Created by: aly22

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Etymology: inadequacy+quirky

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2006-12-08: 03:16:00
Hey Verbotomists, We have added a weekly stats feature, which shows top ten scoring words, and the player rankings by week. See: Weekly Stats.

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.