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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.
Verboticisms
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Veticulorinitioncus
Created by: afireinside
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She was extremely veticulorinitioncus because she thought she was beautiful.
Etymology:
Slyball
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: sly/ball
Sentence: Whenever she passed a reflective surface, she would slyball her image to ensure she was prim, proper and still pretty.
Etymology: sly + eyeball
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2007-12-28: 15:45:00
Absolutely love it! Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-29: 03:13:00
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Clandespy
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: clan-DE-spahy
Sentence: Bob's clandespy continued with a compulsiveness until, fooled by snooptical illusions of his own reflection, he sought an extreme makeover.
Etymology: Blend of 'CLANDES' of clandestine & ESPY:to catch sight of; see at a glance; to spy.
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COMMENTS:
very nice - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-28: 10:21:00
Nice mix! Good word!! - Stevenson0, 2007-12-28: 17:30:00
very good! - chaiandallthatjazz, 2007-12-28: 21:46:00
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Narcipeek
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: NAR-ci-peek
Sentence: Everything that reflected her face seemed just another chance for her to narcipeek.
Etymology: narcissistic+peek
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
Spoonervision
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: spoon/ur/vision
Sentence: Owing to her constant spoonervisions she bought belly jeans instead of jelly beans.
Etymology: spoonerism + vision
Reflectaglance
Created by: jeatyet
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Walking by the shop window, she turned towards it to reflectaglance.
Etymology:
Egospect
Created by: inias
Pronunciation: ee-go-spekt
Sentence: The mirror tempted an egospection.
Etymology: "ego" = egotistic, focused on the self. "spec" = spectate, to look at.
Reflectocheck
Created by: maryamwebster
Pronunciation: ree-FLEK-to-chek
Sentence: I had to reflectocheck my lipstick because Betty kept looking pointedly at me and wiping her mouth. Or: The way Bob was looking at me, I wondered if something was hanging out of my nose. Thank goodness, a quick reflectocheck proved otherwise.
Etymology: reflect = a self-image as seen in mirror form check = to take notice of
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COMMENTS:
Nice word - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-29: 17:35:00
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Comments:
Nosila - 2007-12-30: 00:49:00