Verboticism: Tribuke

'Wow, you're hot!'

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.

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Tribuke

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /tri-'byük/

Sentence: Words may never hurt him, but with all his tribuking, words couldn't really help him either.

Etymology: From tribute + rebuke

Points: 593

Comments: Tribuke

wordmeister - 2007-01-19: 10:57:00
nice!

ErWenn - 2007-01-21: 00:34:00
Thanks.

PolishedAmethyst - 2007-01-21: 03:19:00
Oh, I like that one! Very catchy, rolls off the tongue JUST right.:)

ErWenn - 2007-01-21: 10:56:00
Thanks to you too, PA.