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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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Glowt
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: glo/t
Sentence: All day long all he did was glowt, glowt, glowt - it was very annoying.
Etymology: glow + gloat
Egloat
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: e-gloat
Sentence: When I read Chris's word, I suddenly realized that I could think of a better one, and so I did. That's why I'm egloating now. Any questions?
Etymology: ego+gloat
Backpatsturbate
Created by: warped
Pronunciation:
Sentence: As Phil showed his guests his collection of high school trophies, it was obvious he was backpatsturbating.
Etymology: ......I'm not even gonna go there, this is a family website. You guys should be able to figure this one out.
Autobackpattia
Created by: jboehnker
Pronunciation: ah' toe bak pat' ee uh
Sentence: Bob was rushed to the emergency room after his impressive display of autobackpattia left severe contusions on his shoulder blades.
Etymology: auto + back + pat
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
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:
Confibrite
Created by: ChrisCarrk
Pronunciation: con-fih-br-ite
Sentence: He was so confibrite that the room lit up!
Etymology: confidence+bright
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.
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