Verboticism: Dysaformperfectum
DEFINITION: n. A self-image disorder characterized by an inability look at, share, or even recognize pictures of yourself, unless they have been photoshopped to perfection. v. To fall in love with a photoshopped image yourself.
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Narcisschism
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: NARSE - uh - skiz - uhm
Sentence: Salome was a very beautiful young woman who knew she was beautiful yet had a bad case of narcisschism wherein she found only faults and defects in pictures of herself as well as with her reflection in a mirror.
Etymology: Blend of 'narcissism' (A regarding of oneself with undue favor) and 'schism' (Disunion; discord)
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COMMENTS:
Sounds the goods to me. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-01: 03:32:00
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Pixelove
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pik sel luv
Sentence: Jane had no mirrors in her home, but she did have a very active computer. She created a very flattering (and very different) image of herself on her screen. She very much did pixelove this CyberBarbie and truly believed that this was the image people actually saw when faced with her. She figured it was way cheaper than plastic surgery...
Etymology: Pixel ((computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot))& Love (have a great affection or liking for; strong positive emotion of regard and affection)
Narcissisicko
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: nar-sis-SIC-oh
Sentence: Imogene is a prettier than average girl but seems to be a bit of a narcissisicko who's insecure about her looks to the point of not being willing to let others see photos of herself unless and until they had been altered by one means or another to the point of near perfection.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'narcissism (n. inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity) and 'sicko' (n. a person who is mentally or morally sick)
Perfecteditism
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Her severe case of perfecteditism resulted in many disappointing online dates.
Etymology:
Slimmaging
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: slim-ma-ging
Sentence: Slimmaging lets everyone see the real me -- a svelte rock and roll diva who can still tear it up in a black leather jumpsuit. Pay no attention to the grandmother baking cookies in the kitchen singing nursery rhymes to a two year old, that's just some woman who lives in my house.
Etymology: slimming: to become or make slim; slender + imaging: the mind's eye; the ability to perform mental images
Mypicophobia
Created by: s6guy72
Pronunciation: my-pic-o-fob-ia
Sentence: Jennifer is a mypicophobic, so much that she burned all of her parents photo albums as well as her yearbooks.
Etymology: my (me, mine) pic (picture) phobia (fear)
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COMMENTS:
Great look about it - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-01: 03:33:00
Very clinical and funny. It's getting hard to choose anymore. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-01: 06:53:00
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Fauxtorexia
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: foe-toe-rex-eah
Sentence: We had known for a while that she suffered from fautorexia, but it was officially confirmed when she sent us all absurdly photoshoped makeovers of all of the vacation photos that included her.
Etymology: faux (as in fake) + pun on photo + rexia (suffix related to obsession and hunger for something) = obsession with fake photos
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COMMENTS:
I like the pun on fauxto! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-05: 18:29:00
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Wealthconscious
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Welth-con-shus
Sentence: As her friends rumaged through her and her sisters childhood pictures, she explained how they were all her identical twin sisters since they were so unattractive to her. I took her years to really admit she suffered from Wealthconsciousness.
Etymology: Self-Conscious (conscious of one's being) + wealth (an abudance of something, of beauty in this case)
Digimutia nervosa
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌdɪdʒəˈmjuʃə ˌnɝˈvoʊsə/
Sentence: Shortly after completing his roles as Gollum in the _Lord of the Rings_ trilogy and as the title character in _King Kong_, actor Andy Serkis suffered a temporary but severe case of digimutia nervosa, refusing to be filmed without motion-capture gear and heavy post-production special effects.
Etymology: digi- (as in "digital") + muta- (from Latin "mutandis," meaning change, as in "mutate") + nervosa (indicating a mental disorder, as in "anorexia nervosa")
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COMMENTS:
Speaking of good sentences! Although Serkis was also Lumpy, the cook. - Clayton, 2007-06-05: 04:42:00
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Cosmoshopism
Created by: livejuicy
Pronunciation: koz-moh-shop-izm
Sentence: Cosmo readers are those most common to suffer from cosmoshopism.
Etymology: cosmopolitan + photoshop + ism
