/lit/ - Literature

Self promotion?

No, that's not it...

>>1832527

it's a tough one isn't it. i can't even give it a solid description, lol

>>1832530
maybe use a thesaurus? in reference to the word your looking for, does the word place the speaker under a particular light?

I like to call those people attention seeking whores but I'm thinking the word you are looking for would be maybe something like narcissism or extraversion... something along those lines anyway.

tendentious

...would look funny if you used it to describe facebook statuses though.

>>1832539
In fact, "i'm so ugly =(") " would be false modesty or fishing for compliments.

>>1832537
Yeah. I know, right? They're called attention seeking whores, OP. That phrase exists for people like this. And it makes them angry because they know it's true. Everyone wants people to pay attention to them, but only some people are so desperate and fucktarded about it.

>>1832539
Extraversion is PERFECT. thankyou so much!

>>1832537
not quite, but still a handy word. cheers.

>>1832549

actually, in retrospect, extraversion is ALMOST perfect - it's too neutral. i guess i could stick an adjective like narcissistic before it and that would work.

thanks again.

instead of starting a new thread, i'll ask here because it's related. can someone direct me to some writing (fiction or non fiction) that delves into concepts like psychoticism and neuroticism? and extraversion and introversion.

and types of psychosis in general.

>>1832553
I thought extraversion wasn't quite right but couldn't think of another word at the time.

>>1832553
>When someone makes a comment in whatever context with no more meaning than to draw attention to themself

>When someone says something not because they'd like to contribute to a discussion, but rather to make people think a certain way about them

This is not the meaning of extraversion OP

>>1832567

Extraversion is "the act, state, or habit of being predominantly concerned with and obtaining gratification from what is outside the self"

it kind of is

>>1832567
here. Do you essentially mean another word for "attention-whoring"? I think narcissim as someone else said is good for that.

Or do you mean like the fact that they want to be seem "in a particular light" a bit like self advertising?

Also is this for a book or essay or what?

>>1832568
I thought it was basically another way of saying "outgoing" or "talkative", the opposite of shy. That seems to be the common usage doesnt it?

Narcissism fits well I think.

opportunism

I got one:

faggotry

>>1832573

i think that's the common usage, while >>1832568 is the term used in psychology.


>>1832570


the second sentence there fits better but theres definitely elements of the first mixed in there too.

it's for a piece of writing i've undertaken. the general gist of the piece is this:

a series of anecdotes, interviews and pieces of evidence obtained by an policeman tell a story of a teenage house party where tragedy struck; eight people died, through murder, suicide or accident.

that's the basic form of it, and i'm aiming for it to be allegorical of facebook.

The correct answer is... attention-seeking. That's it.

>>1832585
Or... exhibitionism, show-boating, grandstanding, egocentrism

>>1832588
..or ingratiating

Pretentiousness

I still think faggotry is most appropriate

Grandiloquence.

Have some...
http://www.islandnet.com/~egbird/dict/dict.htm

OP, please can you post that wallpaper? I would really appreciate it.

As for your question; how about egomaniacal?

>>1832620

could work.

>>1832624
Thanks.

"Facebook, where everything said carries a veneer of abject egocentrism..."

Ooooh, but is it a veneer, or a subtext? Or... both?

>"Facebook, where everything said is lacquered with a hint of _______ cuntishness

Definitely 'ingratiating' for this one. Ingratiating cuntishness.

>>1832634
I think in this instance we could assume that they are analogous.

Showy, affected, conceited, pretentious, vain.

Words in roughly that area: dissimulative, hypocritical, disingenuous, tendentious.

>>1832660
This guy has it right.

"Affection" or "pretension." "Affection" probably is closer. "Cuntishness" is more searing but, depending on your voice, might be less accurate. (Or more!)

Either way, you should avoid deploying "cunt" in print unless you're speaking of an actual vagina or there's some deep emotion in there. ("You're my favorite person...") There's no casual or offhand way to use "cunt" in English, except sometimes as a joke. ("Do you think I meant...")

Change "lacquered;" it's a pretentious affection, OP.

>>1832670


>There's no casual or offhand way to use "cunt" in English

clearly not an australian

>>1832672
no shit cunt

>>1832670
>Affection
Sorry to be pretentious, but I believe the word you're looking for is 'affectation'
Affectation.

>>1832670

>There's no casual or offhand way to use "cunt" in English

You've never been to Britain.

>Have you seen the fucking rain? It's cunting it down out there.

>Alright, you old cunt? I ain't seen you for time.

>Aw man, did you hear about Jim? Stacked his bike at 120 on the North circular. Poor cunt's paralysed.

>Leave it out you cunt.

>>1832699

Don't come the cunt with me mate.

>There's no casual or offhand way to use "cunt" in English
Sorry to repeat what others have already said, but seriously, I challenge you to spend a little time in Sydney without hearing it a few times a day. Especially in pubs and public transport. It's definitely vulgar, but still in wide usage. Ya cunt.

Cunt from earlier here. I completely forgot about Australia, but I've never heard a Briton speak like >>1832699.

Cynicism?

ostentatiousness