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DEFINITION: To radiate confidence and satisfaction with everything you do. After all, if you don't congratulate yourself for a job well done, who will?
Verboticisms
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Hesaschmuck
Created by: Hjason
Pronunciation: he's-a-schmuck
Sentence: Jees, hesaschmuck! Just look how he gloats about his own ideas.
Etymology: He's+a+schmuck - kinda obvious
Confibrite
Created by: ChrisCarrk
Pronunciation: con-fih-br-ite
Sentence: He was so confibrite that the room lit up!
Etymology: confidence+bright
Myglaura
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: my-gl-aura
Sentence: His psychologist was trying to cure Fred's myglaura, but her own superiority complex was getting in the way.
Etymology: my + glory + aura
Vaniteous
Created by: Kevcom2007
Pronunciation: van/eee/chus
Sentence: The man felt vaniteous today for he had acomplished a feat no other could do!
Etymology: Vanity + eous
Figjamancy
Created by: elstiko
Pronunciation: Fig-Jam-an-see
Sentence: Hubert exuded an abnormal amount of figjamancy despite his recent spate of lawsuits and failed marriages.
Etymology: I'm Good, Just Ask Me - FIGJAMancy
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COMMENTS:
smiles and lollipops! - elstiko, 2006-12-13: 23:08:00
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Egongratulate
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: ee-gon-grat-u-layt
Sentence: Although the praise of his friends was nice (if, somewhat surprisingly, rare), nothing gave Clive so much satisfaction as to egongratulate himself at every opportunity
Etymology: ego + congratulate
Complehint
Created by: Chistinalove
Pronunciation: Comp-leh-hint
Sentence: Henry went around the neighborhood to complehint about building the new entertainment center we got at Wal-Mart.
Etymology: Complehint is a mush of the words compliment and hint. The meaning is to compliment oneself while hinting for a compliment from others.
Smainy
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: sm/eyn
Sentence: He is a self-centred, smainy character.
Etymology: smug + vain
Egoentrails
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: ego/en/trales
Sentence: Standing there in front of the mirror, he realized that if his egoentrails had carried him this far, the keys to the executive washroom weren't that far away.
Etymology:
Thejerkatwork
Created by: danboaz
Pronunciation: the jerk at work
Sentence: Mike never feels like he gets recognized for his performance so to compensate he has become thejerkatwork.
Etymology: the + jerk + at+ Work
Comments:
chris - 2006-11-27: 10:42:00
nice sentence, wordmeister :)
wordmeister - 2006-11-27: 10:53:00
Hey Chris, Thanks! I would congratulate you on your word, but I'm sure you've already done it yourself ;)
jedijawa - 2007-03-06: 12:59:00
selfgratulation