Verboticism: Mustardseeding

'Wow, you're hot! No thank you.'

DEFINITION: To reject a compliment. May indicate low self-esteem, or false modesty, or even a psychopathic aversion to flattery.

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Mustardseeding

mythman

Created by: mythman

Pronunciation: MUSS-turrd-see-ding

Sentence: The rich philosopher spoke only to other rich philosophers, MustardSeeding the poor who wanted to share their wisdom.

Etymology: In Jesus's time, the mustard-seed was considered a "weed" (until someone figured out its use).

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