Verboticism: Egomanausea

'Do you guys mind eating somewhere else? '

DEFINITION: n. A state of irrational irritation, which inevitably develops whenever you work or live with someone whose annoyingly bad habits happen to mirror your own. v. To be annoyed by someone who has the same annoying habits that you do.

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Egomanausea

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Pronunciation: eee-go-man-aw-see-uh

Sentence: Seeing him stuff so much in his mouth that pieces fell out each time he chewed filled me with egomanausea when I realized that's exactly what I do and that must be how I look doing it.

Etymology: from archaic Greek: Ego (sense of self worth) and manausea (anxiously manic feeling of physical discomfort)

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