Verboticism: Flattertatter
DEFINITION: v. To reject a compliment. May indicate low self-esteem, or false modesty, or even a psychopathic aversion to flattery. n. A person who has difficulty accepting praise.
Flattertatter
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: FLA-tur-ta-tur
Sentence: In a vain attempt to appear modest, Sue would always flattertatter any morsel of flattery sent her way; in reality, we all knew she was a compliment whore, looking to be reflatterized. (In the interest of a smaller sentence, I reverbotomized flattery.)
Etymology: flatter, tatter (to tear to shreds)
Points: 443
Comments: Flattertatter
wordmeister - 2007-01-19: 10:04:00
Good reverb!
purpleartichokes - 2007-01-19: 18:05:00
I was briefly proud of it, until I discovered I was a vocabuloser.
Sed8ed - 2007-01-19: 23:59:00
Tee hee!!