Verboticism: Precicossety

'But Daddy you can't lock me in my room!'
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DEFINITION: v. tr. To be so overly protective about a person or object, that you become completely possessed by the fear of what could go wrong. n. A person who is so worried about protecting something that they smother it with their own fears.

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Precicossety

Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: preh/si/kossitee

Sentence: Gollum in the Lord of the Rings showed way too much precicossety. It drove me nuts when he kept saying 'my precious'.

Etymology: preciosity (affection) + cosset (pamper) + precious

Points: 869

Comments: Precicossety

silveryaspen - 2008-02-22: 13:28:00
He was testing your precious mettle! Can't resist saying it's absolutely precious!

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