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DEFINITION: To be so obsessed with your own cleverness and wittiness that you don't listen to what anyone else is saying, let alone understand them.
Verboticisms
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Begwilde
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: bee-gwiyld
Sentence: he'd become so begwilde he felt like even his burps were quoteable social satire
Etymology: beguiled, oscar wilde
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COMMENTS:
sounds a bit like Oscar's brother Tony! like it. - galwaywegian, 2007-07-06: 07:37:00
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Spazimon
Created by: meganinglis
Pronunciation: spaz-i-mon
Sentence: SPAZIMON RULES! Thats sooo spazimon!
Etymology: what?
Savildroll
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: savy/drohl
Sentence: I am so savidroll that people hang on my every word and imitate me shamelessly. I'm so pretty - I'm so witty....
Etymology: savvy + droll + savile row
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COMMENTS:
and GAAAAYYY!! what a strange coincidence that that song was already in my head before I read your word. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-06: 08:13:00
And sartorially elegant. - petaj, 2007-07-06: 09:08:00
And mercurially resonant. ;D - Kyoti, 2007-07-06: 11:08:00
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Narcissiquacious
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Nahr-siss-uh-kway-shuhs
Sentence: Gloria enjoyed the party immensely, mostly because it gave her the opportunity to trap people with her narcissiquacious stories about her very exciting life.
Etymology: Narcissist+Loquacious
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COMMENTS:
hey kyoti - welcome aboard - graet words this week - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-06: 23:43:00
Great word, kyo! - amysmiles2000, 2007-07-07: 07:12:00
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Narcisscompoop
Created by: MisUndrstd
Pronunciation: Nar-Sis-Come-Poop
Sentence: My cousin Vinnie was such a narcisscompoop all he ever did was talk about the number of mob hits he had done!
Etymology: From the Italian word YoYouConceitedJerko!
Highlyminded
Created by: LMR1991
Pronunciation: High-lee-mind-ed
Sentence: You're so very highlyminded when it comes to your joking around.
Etymology: Seeing as how being obsessed with wits and cleverness, highly(as in queen, a person who is above all) and minded( state of being in thought), tahdah highlyminded.
Rapiertwit
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ray-pee-uhr-twit
Sentence: I had just told Bob that his cat had died and expected him to be upset, but he was such a rapiertwit that he began making dead cat jokes.
Etymology: rapier wit, twit
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COMMENTS:
twit to who? - galwaywegian, 2007-07-06: 05:48:00
Say bah! Foiled again in my epeenion. - petaj, 2007-07-06: 08:47:00
I think Bob was a rapiershit to make dead cat jokes. That does say crap crap in the cartoon though - hmmm - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-06: 13:24:00
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Narcissilly
Created by: loofarama
Pronunciation: nar-sis-sillie
Sentence: ever since he got that 100 on his test, he's been prancing around acting all narcissilly
Etymology: narcissistic + silly
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COMMENTS:
not much thought put into this sorrie - loofarama, 2007-07-06: 12:07:00
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Egoaunderstanding
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: ee-go-ay-uhn-der-st-an-ding
Sentence: He was so egoaunderstanding that all his friends went to seek someone who would listen and perceive the meaning of what they were saying.
Etymology: From the word ego meaning conceit and self-importance and a meaning without and understanding meaning to perceive the meaning of
Selfamuse
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: self-amews
Sentence: His selfamuse was so far gone, he cracked himself up.
Etymology: self abuse + amuse
Comments:
MisUndrstd - 2007-07-06: 20:40:00
Say it three times fast... go ahead... I dare ya!
Jabberwocky - 2007-07-06: 23:40:00
tried it - don't get it - but I think the cartoons this week have been excellent - way to go Franke James!!! and your essays are fabulous!