Verboticism: Badulation

'I wish this dress didn't make me look so fat...'

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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Badulation

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ba/du/lay/shun

Sentence: She was so full of badulation that she had to point out she might have missed a whole decimal point and only ended up with 99%.

Etymology: bad + adulation

Points: 701

Comments: Badulation

silveryaspen - 2008-02-27: 11:41:00
When it comes to the definition, very nice catch all!

OZZIEBOB - 2008-02-27: 15:48:00
Good Word!