Verboticism: Egongratulate

'I built it all by myself!'

DEFINITION: To radiate confidence and satisfaction with everything you do. After all, if you don't congratulate yourself for a job well done, who will?

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Egongratulate

Created by: chris

Pronunciation: ee-gon-grat-u-layt

Sentence: Although the praise of his friends was nice (if, somewhat surprisingly, rare), nothing gave Clive so much satisfaction as to egongratulate himself at every opportunity

Etymology: ego + congratulate

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