Verboticism: Slyball

'Why do you keep looking at your spoon?'

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.

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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

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Comments: Slyball

silveryaspen - 2007-12-28: 15:45:00
Excellent!

OZZIEBOB - 2007-12-29: 03:13:00
Absolutely love it! Great word.