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selfcontrolist

noun

  • A person who believes in self-control as the highest moral virtue

    Last edited on Oct 03 2024. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 03 2024.

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self-guilt

noun

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selfiediction

noun

  • an addiction to taking selfies. From "selfie" + "addiction".
    Justin Bieber has a bad case of selfiediction.

    Last edited on Oct 12 2015. Submitted by Abhisek from Kolkata, West Bengal, India on Oct 12 2015.

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self-love

noun - uncountable

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sell

verb - ambitransitive

  • to convince.
    I sold my boss on letting me work from home once a week.
    You totally sold that lie.

    Last edited on Dec 22 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

  • to promote a viewpoint.

    Last edited on Dec 22 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

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sell dreams

verb

  • to lie or tell someone something very good knowing it isn't true.

    Last edited on Oct 01 2005. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2005.

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sell it to

verb - transitive

  • to be beaten sorely. 2. dismal failure; defeat. 3. to defeat; to overcome odds. In sports: "We sold it to the other team!" Sometimes used in reference to video games. "Man, this game really sold it to me." Origin: inverse of "You bought it."
    Ooh! He sold it to you! / That was a sale!

    Last edited on May 17 2011. Submitted by Ryan from Jeffersonville, IN, USA on Feb 21 2003.

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sell (one's) soul

verb

  • to sacrifice one's integrity for personal gain.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

    Citation from "Oh Louie / Tickets", Louie (TV), Season 2 Episode 7 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Oct 28 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 28 2011.

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sell out

noun

  • someone who reports a person or group to the authorities (e.g. police) after associating with that person or group; "narc".
    What a sell out!

    Last edited on Jul 21 2011. Submitted by Austin W. from CA, USA on Oct 04 1997.

  • a person who has "sold out" in the verb sense listed below.
                                       

                                                                                                                                                                                          

    Citation from "You've Got Male", Happy Endings (TV), Season 1 Episode 9 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

    Citation from "Oh Louie / Tickets", Louie (TV), Season 2 Episode 7 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Oct 28 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 14 2009.

verb

  • to exit a previous arrangement, change one's mind, change one's usual behavior, etc.

    Carries a very negative connotation. Implies that the entity changed due to some influence considered negative (e.g. money, power, etc.) or inappropriate (e.g. one's significant other in a relationship.)
    They will sell out on you in a minute.
    The band sold out to the main stream and signed with a major label.
    The band used to be good before they sold out.

    Last edited on Jul 21 2011. Submitted by Tim R. from Greensboro, NC, USA on Sep 27 1997.

verb - transitive

  • to exchange a friendship or a person's well being for personal gain.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

    Citation from "Trust", Wilfred (TV), Season 1 Episode 2 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
                                                                                                            

                                                                                                                                                                                                       

    Citation from "Good Cop Bad Dog", Modern Family (TV) , Season 2 Episode 22 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
                                                                          

    Citation from "I Never Met the Dead Man", Family Guy (TV), Season 1 Episode 2 (1999) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
                                                                                                                                                                                        

    Citation from "Chapter 11", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 5 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Dec 20 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 28 2011.

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