Verboticism: Youdentify
DEFINITION: To measure your success, or evaluate your self-worth, based on what other people think.
Youdentify
Created by: Wordhewer
Pronunciation: you-DEN'-tih-fy
Sentence: Marla obsessed on what others thought of her -- even her rivals. She was so much in the habit of youdentifying that she was unable to form an independent estimation of her own worth.
Etymology: Derivation: The "I" is taken from "identify" and replaced with "you", suggesting that "What you think of me is more important than what I think of myself."
Points: 749
Comments: Youdentify
Wordhewer - 2007-07-25: 20:19:00
Oh, no! I overwrote my definition. I was trying to add a definition for another day's word.