Tuesday, March 25, 2008

self-besmittenness

noun. Oh, self. Sweet, sweet self. Me me me. Ooh-la-me. Excuse me, folks... Me and I need to get to know myself a little better.

Real citation: “OregonMuse cuts me deeply by suggesting ‘self-besmittenness’ is a made-up word of Beauchamperian pretension. I like to think of it as more of a nonce word, a term I found when I was looking up ‘portmanteau’ to see if I was using it properly. (Status: Unsure.)”
(July 30, 2007, Ace of Spades HQ, http://ace.mu.nu/archives/235304.php)

Made-up citation: “A Presidential candidate needs buckets of self-besmittenness, zero grams of shame, and—for classified reasons—six fecal pellets from gelatinous zooplankton.”

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