Verboticism: Shelfportrait
DEFINITION: To take a picture of yourself, pointing a camera at yourself, while you admire yourself. Often done in the privacy of your bathroom.
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Narcissify
Created by: twodigs
Pronunciation: nar-SIS-i-fi
Sentence: I like to narcissify before a date; it builds my confidence.
Etymology: from the Greek myth of Narcissus
Reflectography
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: re-flek-TAWG-rah-fee
Sentence: Candice was renowned for her piles of blurry reflectography snapshots.
Etymology: Reflect + photography
Autochromotica
Created by: danboaz
Pronunciation: aut-O-crO-maw-ti-caw
Sentence: Sally started to lose her friends because of her obssesive autocromoticism. But the pictures got better and better.
Etymology: auto + chromatic + a dash of erotic (represented by the second O)
Myfacing
Created by: hermionesnape
Pronunciation: my-face-ing
Sentence: "My mom caught be myfacing in the bathroom, but I really needed a new picture for my site."
Etymology: from "myspace" and the art of posting one's mirror-reflected picture
Selfography
Created by: Tukkertje
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I love myself so much, that every time I look in the mirror I selfograph myself.
Etymology: self(phot)ography
Narcissograph
Created by: Guthlaf1
Pronunciation: nar-SISS-O-graff
Sentence: No week was complete without Janet taking at least three narcissographs in her room.
Etymology: From - Narcissus, a man from Greek mythology who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water Also - '-graph': the measurement, display or portrayal of a subject
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COMMENTS:
A vote from me - we thought very much alike on this one. - Stump, 2006-12-25: 05:13:00
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Selfadortrait
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: salf-ah-door-trit
Sentence: He tried to invent a see-through camera so that his selfadortraits wouldn't seem so obvious
Etymology: self-portrait, adore
Narcitography
Created by: Coolfool
Pronunciation:
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COMMENTS:
- Coolfool, 2006-12-25: 05:02:00
Here's the ending of my first post (narcitography): The ending of my first post(It was unexplainedly misplaced or pilfered by cybergoyles.)seems to have been misplaced. I turned away from my keyboard, and when I turned back, and my computer indicated th - Coolfool, 2006-12-25: 05:27:00
(Coolfool) Again, truncated. There must be a bit limit, ...computer indicated that my first post was submitted. I don't see it. See next post. - Coolfool, 2006-12-25: 05:31:00
My gist: Be kind, as this is my first post (I'll resort to any dingus to garner any panegyrism). - Coolfool, 2006-12-25: 05:36:00
- Coolfool, 2006-12-25: 05:37:00
Narcitography pronunciation: First two syllables, as in narcissism, last three (obvious)as in photography). I just walked in and don't know my way around here yet, so if I step on protocol, soory. I'll learn. - Coolfool, 2006-12-25: 05:43:00
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Imegin
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: Im-a-jen
Sentence: Cheryl was caught once again, imegining herself in the change room.
Etymology: I (myself) + me (myself) + imaging (creating images). With help from imagining (visualising) and mega (prefix used for describing pixels and bytes using in digital imaging)