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DEFINITION: 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.

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Egopeer

Created by: gemmgemms

Pronunciation: ee-goh-pîr

Sentence: Sandra is so self-centered, she must constantly egopeer at herself.

Etymology: ego: self + peer: to look at intently

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Reflectaegoing

Created by: thebaron

Pronunciation: re-flec-ta-ego-ing

Sentence: Once again, she was found reflectaegoing in the glass cabinet.

Etymology: reflecta (reflection) + ego (I)

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Veticulorinitioncus

Created by: afireinside

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Sentence: She was extremely veticulorinitioncus because she thought she was beautiful.

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Chromegalomania

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /kroh-meg-uh-loh-mey'-nee-uh/

Sentence: When Ben showed Vanessa the engine of his hotrod, at first he thought she was really 'into' cars by the way her eyes lit up, and that she was leaning over to admire his custom-chromed exhaust manifold, until he realized she was just admiring herself and checking her make-up.

Etymology: chrome - chromium, or other shiny metallic plating (from Greek, khroma "color") + megalomania - having delusion of greatness (from Greek, megas "great" & mania "madness")

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Nacisspoonism

Created by: catwhipple

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Narsicretive

Created by: Niktionary

Pronunciation: nar-seh-kreet-ehv

Sentence: When Darcy met Rex, she knew she had found "the one". As he was checking himself out in the glass while sitting at the bar, she knew any man as narsicretive as her had to be a keeper.

Etymology: narcicism-secretive-creative

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