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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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Snodeaferous
Created by: moonroof
Pronunciation: snod EFF er us
Sentence: We tried to tell Bill that what he was saying was ridiculous, but he was being too snodeaferous.
Etymology: fr. 'snob' (a stuck-up person) + 'deaf' (being unable to hear)
Narcissismug
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: nae-SIS-suh-smug
Sentence: Irving was constantly trying to top his own wordplay. In fact, he was so Narcissismug, that when Alan yelled "Quick! Call 911" he glibly replied, "Here 911! Here boy!"
Etymology: narcissism, smug
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-06: 09:29:00
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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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Egoignore
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: ee-go-ig-norr
Sentence: Lately, Karl egoignored so much so that we named him egoignoramus of the month.
Etymology: ego + ignore
Memyambosys
Created by: amysmiles2000
Pronunciation: me-mi-am-bo-sis
Sentence: He constant thoughts of his own genius, wittiness, without regard to another, is a classic case of memyambosys
Etymology:
Obsecon
Created by: imurbabygirl
Pronunciation: ub-se-con
Sentence: matt is very obsecon
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
this word is conceided mixed with ubsesed - imurbabygirl, 2007-07-06: 10:38:00
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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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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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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!