Verboticism: Flatterbate
DEFINITION: v. To seek compliments and/or support by insulting oneself or by complaining about the difficulty of one's life. n. A person who uses self-deprecation as flattery bait.
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Complimentfisher
Created by: 532641
Pronunciation: com-pli-ment-fish-errr
Sentence: betty says bad things about herself all the time, she's such a complimentfisher.
Etymology: made up may 10th in the 2010's for mr. g's etymology class.
Moanapleasa
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: mow-nah-plee-sah
Sentence: Cindy is such a moanapleasa! If I have to listen to her complain one more time about how she is too thin and it trying to gain weight I swear that i am going to hold her down and force feed her a whole bag of triple Giant Burgers.
Etymology: moan: to whine + please: to give satisfaction combined into a play on Mona Lisa: a famous painting
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COMMENTS:
I like this one. My other vote goes to you! - logarithm, 2008-12-11: 13:22:00
NNNNNOOOOTTTTTTT!!!!!! - timlumber1, 2008-12-13: 17:15:00
I RECOMEND YOU TRY AGAIN TOMOROW, BUT I DO THINK THE WORD IS FUNNY. - timlumber1, 2008-12-14: 05:09:00
ooh... tin... no need to be rude... - libertybelle, 2008-12-15: 11:21:00
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Dummyhead
Created by: bossleafman
Pronunciation: duhm-ee; hed
Sentence: She was being a dummy head, saying she was overweight when she only weighed a measley 100 pounds.
Etymology: dummy -from the english word dumb meaning stupid. head - from the english word head,meaning the origin of emotions.
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COMMENTS:
this word is the tits - bossleafman, 2010-05-10: 13:23:00
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Steponme
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: STEP ON ME
Sentence: Gawd, Tracy's steponmeness has really gotten out of control. I heard she is going to be on the new reality show, "Kick Me When I am Down"
Etymology: I would have just used "mygirlfriend" but I thought I'd be a little more creative
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COMMENTS:
A steponme wanting everyone to step in and step her up! Outsteppingly done! This has a real kick to it! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 17:53:00
Great etymology — kinda' says it all. - Tigger, 2008-02-27: 22:24:00
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Tizzleaboutomy
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: tizzle about a me
Sentence: Despite being a rather fetching looking girl, Jemima's self esteem was always a little on the low side. When a conversation turned to negative things, she always found a way to make a self deprecating remark. In the presence of opportunistic young lads she usually got what she wanted, and offers of more to boot! Unfortunately though Jemima's friends were flattered out sick of it; they wanted to give her a Tizzleaboutomy.
Etymology: Tizzle: silly lie or other hogwash. Aboutomy: as in 'abouta me' - tis all abouta me!
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COMMENTS:
And she clearly needs a tizz-lobotomy! :) - dochanne, 2008-12-11: 03:05:00
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Assaultandflattery
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: uh/sawlt/and/flat/uh/ree
Sentence: Megan learned early in life that negative self comments lead friends to say the nicest things to her. Unfortunately, this technique of assaultandflattery wears thin and people easily get tired of this baitandsoothe type of interaction.
Etymology: ASSAULTANDFLATTERY - noun - from ASSAULT AND BATTERY + FLATTERY
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COMMENTS:
I think I know Megan...heck, I think I'm related to her! - Mustang, 2008-12-11: 07:15:00
very clever - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-11: 09:26:00
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Phatlessburkle
Created by: timlumber1
Pronunciation: fat-less-burck-ule
Sentence: She was so rude to the hot girl at the party she appeared to be a phatlessburkle,it seemed like she was very jealous of her!
Etymology: phatlessburkle - to not be a hottie and hate on sexy girls
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COMMENTS:
I love this word ! - timlumber1, 2008-12-13: 17:10:00
VOTE FOR ME, STEP RIGHT UP FOLKS AND PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR VOTE! - timlumber1, 2008-12-13: 17:19:00
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Flatterseeker
Created by: eheber
Pronunciation: fuh lat er cee kuher
Sentence: That girl is such a flatterseeker, all she does is ask for attention.
Etymology: Flatter from the Latin root Flatt is a form of compliment. Seeker from the Greek root Seek is one who trys to find something.
Selfbully
Created by: mrali613
Pronunciation: self-bully
Sentence: eintsein had bought brand new sneakers to go along with his skinny jeans. He knew he looked great but no one had complimented on them. So he started selfbullying himself to get compliments.
Etymology: hindi
Egoflog
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: EE-go-flog
Sentence: Having very low self esteem, Lindy would often resort to egoflogging in order to rationalize her self induced sense of worthlessness.
Etymology: Blend of 'ego' (sense of one's worth or importance) and 'flog' (to beat with or as if with a rod or whip, to criticize harshly)
