Verb

(head)

(sexify)

Verb

(transitive, slang, rare) To sexualize.

Verb

(head)

(dexify)

Verb

(en-verb)

Defend, explain, and/or justify.

* {{quote-book

, year = 1986 , title = Don't Stop Now, You're Killing Me: The Sadomasochism Game in Everyday Life and How Not to Play It , author = David Brandt , publisher = Poseidon Press , isbn = 0671527959 , ol = 2712285M , page = 88 , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=9PbfaoZDZigC&pg=PA88&dq=dexify , passage = This is a common masochistic sabotage that I describe with the acronym "dexify ." When individuals defend, explain, or justify, they are unnecessarily supporting the reasons for their decision and giving others the opportunity to rebut their rationale. }}

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, year = 1991 , title = Stop Improving Yourself and Start Living , author = Roberta Jean Bryant , publisher = New World Library , isbn = 0931432693 , ol = 1864494M , page = 65 , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=cf045cSryxkC&pg=PA65&dq=dexify , passage = Powerful people don't dexify (defend, explain, or justify). }}

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, year = 1991 , month = March , title = Principles of Rapport - Focus Group Moderation , author = David Farlow , magazine = Quirk's Marketing Research Review , volume = 5 , url = http://www.quirks.com/articles/a1991/19910301.aspx?searchID=834072983&sort=9 , passage = The reason for this is that when you ask "why" questions people feel defensive and have a tendency to "dexify " (defend, explain, justify) what they said. }}

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, date = 1998-03-10 , title = Surviving Medical School , author = Robert Holman Coombs , location = Thousand Oaks; London; New Delhi , publisher = Sage Publications , isbn = 0761905294 , ol = 687015M , page = 145 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=v-cnTDxFfEIC&pg=PA145&dq=dexify , passage = We may “dexify ” — try to defend, explain and justify — so that the angry person will stop being angry with us. }}