Verboticism: Inappretension
DEFINITION: To be so obsessed with your own cleverness and wittiness that you don't listen to what anyone else is saying, let alone understand them.
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Noearsmaniac
Created by: carolzinnov
Pronunciation: No-ears-maniac
Sentence: My manager is a braggart, and is proud of his witty one-liners that he does not listen to anyone else. He is such a noearsmaniac
Etymology: When a person is all ears, he/she is listening to you. No-ears-maniac is a person who is obsessed with his own ideas that he does not listen to what others have to say.
Obsecon
Created by: imurbabygirl
Pronunciation: ub-se-con
Sentence: matt is very obsecon
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
this word is conceided mixed with ubsesed - imurbabygirl, 2007-07-06: 10:38:00
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Inappretension
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: in-ap-ri-TEN-shuhn
Sentence: Many think that Gloria's inappretension reached its apogee when she kept referring to Carl Sagan as Bob Saget.
Etymology: inapprehension + pretension
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COMMENTS:
In a pretence too. - petaj, 2007-07-06: 08:49:00
I'll pretense I didn't hear that. - Clayton, 2007-07-06: 12:49:00
now that would be pretenshush - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-06: 13:04:00
Guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, "Doc, ya gotta help me. I keep thinking that I'm going to tell you, 'I'm a wigwam, I'm a teepee,' and then you're gonna say..." Shrink cuts him off with a heaving sigh and says, "I've got you on a 9:30 next Wednesday. You're pre tents." - Clayton, 2007-07-06: 18:40:00
I think that would be clutching at straw huts - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-06: 23:37:00
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Mindiac
Created by: gonzo
Pronunciation: mindddiiac
Sentence: My name is Carl and I´m a mindiac
Etymology: mind, maniac
Egolalia
Created by: ChristopherAndersen
Pronunciation: EE go LAY lee uh
Sentence: I couldn't get a word in over his egolalia.
Etymology: "ego" self and -lalia "speaking" (see glossolalia - speaking in tongues)
Comprendaloof
Created by: Starzie
Pronunciation: Comprend-a-loof
Sentence: Kyoti was so comprendaloof during our in-depth conversation that by the time it ended, I was irritated that he didn't hear a word I said!
Etymology: Comprend (version of Comprehend- comprende si?) and Aloof, not paying attention, arrogant, head in the clouds.
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COMMENTS:
This Kyoti guy sounds like a a real dingwad. Want me to rough him up for ya? ;D - Kyoti, 2007-07-06: 11:05:00
Yeah I know what you mean, Kyoti never listens to me either. Like talking to a brick wall. - MisUndrstd, 2007-07-06: 13:12:00
Who is this Kyoti? think i might know him? - realnutty01, 2007-07-06: 17:21:00
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Fullaurself
Created by: cassandra1315
Pronunciation: Full-o-your-self
Sentence: He was too fullaurself that everyone hated him.
Etymology:
Pompbastic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: pomp/bas/tic
Sentence: Peerless pretty petty pushy pathetic pompbastic Paul was perfectly proud of his pernicious pun.
Etymology: pompus + bombastic
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COMMENTS:
Pomp that bass. - Clayton, 2007-07-06: 07:31:00
Poignantly played at the Pompidou Centre. - petaj, 2007-07-06: 08:59:00
I would say that is a pompadour he's sporting in the cartoon - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-06: 10:59:00
Now that you mention it, it DOES look like Conan O'Brien with a bleach job. - Kyoti, 2007-07-06: 11:12:00
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