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DEFINITION: v. To steal a look at your reflection in a window, mirror or other reflective surface; often done furtively so not to be seen as vain. n. A reflected image which is distorted by vanity.
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Mirrorage
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: meer-or-ahj
Sentence: It took a moment for Dylan to realize that his sister Monique wasn't spending so much time at the sunglasses display because she was trying out a new pair, it was because she was mugging back at her tiny reflections in the lenses of all the mirrored sunglasses. She was awestruck at teh mirrorage or 64 little images of her looking spectacular in silver and rainbow tint. Dylan didn't have the heart to tell her that the sunglass mirrors really did nothing for her appearance but make her already big nose look bigger.
Etymology: mirror (reflective surface) + mirage (something that is not as wonderful as it seems or not there at all)
Flurt
Created by: mac33
Pronunciation: flurt
Sentence: While Danny was proposing, Karen was flurting with his glasses.
Etymology: flirt + furtive - to flirt furtively with the mirror
Reflectifying
Created by: savvyology
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I had the sudden urge to reflectify as I passed the mirror.
Etymology:
Furtivanity
Created by: WhiteRhino
Pronunciation: Fur-tiv-an-ity
Sentence: He glanced with furtivanity at his gorgeous reflexion. Hey there, you handsome devil.
Etymology: Futive and vanity
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COMMENTS:
Nice one. I approve. - PythianHabenero, 2007-04-14: 15:26:00
Haha Dan, way to talk about yourself in the third person for your sentence. You're not fooling anyone:) - playdohheart, 2007-04-18: 06:26:00
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Likenessmonsters
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lyke ness mon stirs
Sentence: Young Bonnie was a canny lass. She was gorgeous and knew it. She threw it in the faces of all her suitors, playing one against another....Angus, Jock, Duncan and Alistair. When the lads met for a pint in their local and started comparing notes, as only lads do, they discovered she had fooled them all with her beauty and need for acknowledgement of her famed vanity. She had left no mirror ungazed upon, no window unlooked at and no other shiny surfaces unobserved. That is when they decided that Bonnie, not Nessie, became all the Likenessmonsters of their lonely lives.
Etymology: Likeness (picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing;similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things); Loch Ness Monsters (large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland, plural: more than one)
Arroglance
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: ar-ro-glance
Sentence: David took a arroglance at himself in the car mirror, not to check the tailgater, but to make sure his hair is perfect.
Etymology: arrogance, as in vane/glance
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COMMENTS:
wow! clever word! - wordmeister, 2007-04-13: 11:29:00
you can add one more word to your etymolgy (arrow)- really hits the target - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-13: 11:45:00
I like it! - jedijawa, 2007-04-13: 12:32:00
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Narseecism
Created by: Rochelle
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Houston, Texas is the narseecism capital of the world. The streets are lined with mirrored buildings.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
nice one! - galwaywegian, 2007-04-16: 05:29:00
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Slideview
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: slide/vew
Sentence: A quick slideview indicated just how gorgeous she really was - too bad it was right before she walked into a concrete wall and broke her nose
Etymology: slide + sideview
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by pinwheel.
Thank you pinwheel! ~ James
If she's even using the cutlery, then the perception is hardly false -- but full marks for persistence. It's hard to look hot in the warped reflection of a spoon or fork.
purpleartichokes - 2007-04-13: 08:56:00
Perhaps she's not looking at her reflection at all. As I recall, the dish ran away with the spoon, so there may be something hot about the spoon itself, and she is depicted here spwooning.
Good comment Petaj. Perhaps the definition should say "to prevent a warped reflection of your vanity", or the more clear: "so as not to be seen as vain." Which do you like better? Let me know and I will change it. ~ James
I think purpleartichokes is right -- the spoon is hot! If you look closely, you'll see the reflected woman is wearing oven mitts. ~ James
purpleartichokes - 2007-04-13: 19:31:00
Wow... I hadn't noticed the mitts before. I must have been looking at a defiction. Definitely lends credence to to dish's side of the story; I hope he gets cupsody of the children. Uhh... sorry for the verbanter. Guess I better get ready for bed.
If it's not an oven mitt, she has a bad case of oedema -- in which case her self-image (as seen in the spoon) is much healthier than she is.
Today's definition was suggested by pinwheel. Thank you pinwheel. ~ James