Verboticism: Tribuke
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.
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.