Verboticisms

Created by: freiflug

Pronunciation: /flætərplænt/

Sentence: "By telling me how hard it is for good-looking women to find an honest guy, Karen flatterplanted me." "Jessica needs to be constantly reminded of her stunning physique and overall popularity. She can't survive one day without a compliment. She's such a flatterplant."

Etymology: flatter: to compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favour; to enhance someone's vanity by praising them; to portray something to advantage plant: (transitive) to place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow; (transitive) to place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit

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Good combo. - artr, 2010-05-10: 12:29:00

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Created by: jonrow

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Created by: emd11

Pronunciation: mal-ee-go-dict-shun

Sentence: Even though she knew she was smart, she used a malegodiction, to get her friend to tell her so.

Etymology: Malegodiction comes from the bases mal-bad, ego- self, and dict- speak. It means to speak badly about oneself in order to gain praise from others.

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COMMENTS:

Ooo, I like that one. Good job, EMD :-) - XMbIPb, 2010-05-12: 17:21:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ba/du/lay/shun

Sentence: Sally discovered that she could attract more flattery by dropping snippets of badulation such as "I wish I could be as warm and cozy as you but with 0% bodyfat and this ridicuouisly slender body I could only end up with the thankless job of making designer's clothes look fabulous."

Etymology: bad + adulation

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COMMENTS:

Yes, it is way better to be a great Human Clotheshanger than a great Human Being! - Nosila, 2008-12-11: 22:20:00

Excellent. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-13: 16:14:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: : ee - go - FLADJ - uh layt

Sentence: Muriel's self esteem was so low she would harshly egoflagellate herself through incessant self deprecation in hopes of eliciting favorable disagreement from her friends and family.

Etymology: Etymology: blend of ego and 'flagellate' (To whip or flog; scourge)

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good one - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-11: 09:27:00

It will not be getting my vote, my egoflaggelate says no~ - timlumber1, 2008-12-13: 17:14:00

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Created by: 532641

Pronunciation: com-pli-ment-fish-errr

Sentence: betty says bad things about herself all the time, she's such a complimentfisher.

Etymology: made up may 10th in the 2010's for mr. g's etymology class.

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Created by: bertbam86

Pronunciation: com-pul-ty

Sentence: "If you compult one more time I will never speak to you again."

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Created by: CanadianAndyCapp

Pronunciation: Mass-o-kiss-tee-wy-ner

Sentence: Despite his legitimate difficulties and handicaps, Fred's continual attempts to solicit sympathy for his self-perceived "Hard Luck" only succeeded in turning him into a Masochistiwhiner.

Etymology: Masochist - Self inflicted pain / Whine - Pain-in-the-Ass inflicted on others

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COMMENTS:

Has so many insinuations, it really fits! Big hit! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-27: 11:52:00

nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-27: 13:18:00

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Created by: mrali613

Pronunciation: self-bully

Sentence: eintsein had bought brand new sneakers to go along with his skinny jeans. He knew he looked great but no one had complimented on them. So he started selfbullying himself to get compliments.

Etymology: hindi

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: flatərtroʊlng

Sentence: One of Denise’s favorite pastimes is flattertrolling. She tosses out self-effacing comments fully expecting friends and coworkers to boost her hungry ravenous ego. Her least favorite workmate is Roy who often just shakes his head and says, ”You’re right”.

Etymology: flatter (lavish insincere praise and compliments upon someone) + trolling (fish by trailing a baited line along behind a boat)

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