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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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Inadegreat
Created by: maxronez
Pronunciation: in-ADD-uh-grit
Sentence: She was inadegrating about her beatiful new coat.
Etymology: inadequate + great
Noesteemistis
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation:
Sentence: noesteemistis hit her again as her husband merely commented that she looked fine.
Etymology:
Myexgirlfriend
Created by: riflesandkids74
Pronunciation: my-ecks-gurl-frend
Sentence: I needed to end the relationship, her myexgirlfriend behavior had worn me out.
Etymology: Just break it down
Glorywhore
Created by: xcruser88x
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Mike spent the afternoon following his stellar presentation glorywhoring around the office.
Etymology: glory + whore
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.
Flammiscuous
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: flaw-mis-cu-us
Sentence: As an award-winning creative director for the hottest agency in town, Edward was incredibly flammiscuous. Fortunately, all of his staff recognized this, and always approached on bent knee.
Etymology: flattery + promiscuous =flaw miscue
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.