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fish for compliments
fish for compliments
to try to make someone praise you, often by criticizing yourself to them (usually in continuous tenses) Emma, you know you don't look fat in that dress. Are you fishing for compliments?
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Pace | | PAYS | English (Rare) |
Mairead | | - | Scottish |
Inka | | EENG-kah (Finnish), ING-kah (German) | Frisian, Finnish, German |
Herminius | | - | Ancient Roman |
Tapani | | TAH-pah-nee | Finnish |
Isidorus | | - | Late Roman |