#Meriout

Meriout

Mer/ee/out

1.      Someone whom feels self-worth and deserving.

2.      To praise oneself with reward.

I began using this word two weeks ago and boy was it weird. I did not know how to bring this up in a conversation. I began by using it while talking to my brother on Skype. He thought the connection was bad and could not understand what I was saying. Then he thought I was trying to say the hotel ‘Marriott’ and it went downhill from there. I then used it at work in regards to another coworker who does think highly of themselves. Two coworkers pretended like they knew what I said but the others asked what I was trying to say. My coworkers thought it was weird but when I wrote it out; many of them agreed it made sense and should be a synonym for the word ‘pompous’ however my word is not as harshly meant in manner as pompous. But this week, a coworker of mine remembered and referred to my new word. I finally began to use this word around my friends and I got some strange looks. After explaining the meaning, all of my friends thought it was a word that could become a hashtag pretty soon. I think that is a little bold to say but maybe the word could catch on in the future if it had a few tweaks. If it did become a popular new phrase for youngsters, I would like to patent the word/phrase!  

From Taste of Home magazine