Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: v. To seek compliments and/or support by insulting oneself or by complaining about the difficulty of one's life. n. A person who uses self-deprecation as flattery bait.
Verboticisms
Click on each verboticism to read the sentences created by the Verbotomy writers, and to see your voting options...
You have two votes. Click on the words to read the details, then vote your favorite.
Woerrior
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: wo ree or
Sentence: Wanda was a decorated Woerrior. She fought the Battle of the Bulge in General Jenny Craig's Army and lost 100 pounds. She had become the Lieutenant of Lettuce, the Field Marshal of Fiber, the Sargent of Salads and the Major Loser in the Campaigns. And yet, she still did not see herself as thin, so she sought out compliments for reassurance by saying self-deprecating things about her figure. Her best friend Debbie soon saw through her woe-is-me demeanor. At 280 pounds, Debbie had yet to enlist and told Wanda that she was a disgrace to her unit and she should start acting like the Loser she really was and combat her attitude!
Etymology: Woe (intense mournfulness;misery resulting from affliction) & Warrior (someone who fights in a war) & Worrier( thinks about unfortunate things that might happen)
Compulty
Created by: bertbam86
Pronunciation: com-pul-ty
Sentence: "If you compult one more time I will never speak to you again."
Etymology:
Overesteemer
Created by: AMurray
Pronunciation: o-ver-es-teem-er
Sentence: Nobody like an overesteemer they make everyone else feel bad.
Etymology: over-above and beyone es-self teem-thought er- (suffix) being of or from
Egoboost
Created by: abbyg
Pronunciation: e-go-bue-st
Sentence: "Do i look as skinny and pretty today as i did yesterday?" "stop egoboosting."
Etymology: boost comes from the latin root buest which means "to raise" or "increase". ego comes from the latin root ego which means "self" so the direct etymology literally means "to raise self"
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
noice werd! - oliviasull, 2010-05-10: 12:42:00
----------------------------
Egomanivivus
Created by: catcher93
Pronunciation: ego mani viv us
Sentence: You are too egomanivivus, all you care about is how much you think that dress makes you look fat.
Etymology: ego comes from the latin word ego meaning I/self. mani comes from the english word maniac. and viv comes from the latin word viva meaning life
Attentionbeggest
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: ah-ten-shun-beg-ist
Sentence: Kim Carcrashagain was such an attentionbeggest.
Etymology: The act of needing so much attention that a person will beg for it.
Dummyhead
Created by: bossleafman
Pronunciation: duhm-ee; hed
Sentence: She was being a dummy head, saying she was overweight when she only weighed a measley 100 pounds.
Etymology: dummy -from the english word dumb meaning stupid. head - from the english word head,meaning the origin of emotions.
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
this word is the tits - bossleafman, 2010-05-10: 13:23:00
----------------------------
Egotsk
Created by: nickmarziani
Pronunciation: ee-go-tisk
Sentence: Brian: If I could just lose ten pounds, I could really pull off this outfit. Edgar: Egotsk, dude--you know damn well you look hot in that cardigan!
Etymology: Egoist(conceited, boastfil person) + Tsk (a declaration of disdain)
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
nice and concise - petaj, 2008-12-11: 02:07:00
Cute, and very good verboticism - Mustang, 2008-12-11: 07:14:00
I dont like your word! Sorry dude! - timlumber1, 2008-12-13: 17:11:00
I think your ego got in the way, it was your ego-tisk HAHA please try again! - timlumber1, 2008-12-14: 05:07:00
----------------------------
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Maxine. Thank you Maxine. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Maxine. Thank you Maxine. ~ James
mrali613 - 2011-09-22: 13:46:00
:D