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dick-measuring
verb
/dik-mezh-er-ing/
Definition
The pathetic, insecure need to dominate a conversation by proving your suffering, success, or weekend was bigger than someone else's.
In use
“I said I was tired, and he started dick-measuring about how he only slept two hours in 1994.”
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Language
- Language form
- verb
- Pronunciation
- /dik-mezh-er-ing/
Classification
- Life domain
- People & society
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