Verboticism: Slyball

'Why do you keep looking at your spoon?'

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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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

Points: 1058

Comments: Slyball

Jabberwocky - 2007-04-13: 09:57:00
sneaky

wordmeister - 2007-04-13: 11:48:00
quick and clever

jedijawa - 2007-04-13: 12:33:00
That has a neat sound to it.