Verboticism: Admiralienation

'Wow, you're hot! No thank you.'

DEFINITION: To reject a compliment. May indicate low self-esteem, or false modesty, or even a psychopathic aversion to flattery.

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Admiralienation

Created by: marnee4nothin

Pronunciation: aed'-mar-eile-nei-shon

Sentence: Coleen stoppped wearing her little black dress when she received three proposals and her admiralienation became acute.

Etymology: admiration + alienation

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