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DEFINITION: v. To offer unquestioning support and enthusiasm, when perhaps, some "constructive criticism" would be more helpful. n. Support which is given without restraint or consideration.
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Positivoos
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: positivoos
Sentence: you are a bunch of positivoos
Etymology: positive people
Blairtobushism
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: blair-to-bushism
Sentence: "Yes", fawned Tony, pandering to the president's desire to invade another Middle Eastern country. Blairtobushism was rampant.
Etymology: The sycophantic postering witnessed in US and UK politics.
Thincouragement
Created by: chadfust
Pronunciation: Thin-courage-ment
Sentence: Garth's marijuana-induced ideas were worthy of only thincouragement.
Etymology: Thin + encouragement
Veneerate
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: ven ear ate
Sentence: The pundits on Fox readily veneerated W's latest plan to send additional troops into Iraq.
Etymology: veneer (skin deep) + rate
Marzipandering
Created by: kyotonils
Pronunciation: mär'zə-păn'der
Sentence: I guess I'm guilty of marzipandering, but he seemed so sure of himself I didn't have the heart to burst his balloon.
Etymology: marzipan+pandering. It's pandering with a scaffolding built of weak spun sugar, that is, no support whatsoever.
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COMMENTS:
Good one!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-22: 10:39:00
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Encouragitis
Created by: Johnnyweird
Pronunciation: En-curr-ahj-aye-tiss
Sentence: My encouragitis has led to many terrible, terrible business ventures which have ended in utter failure.
Etymology:
Failbait
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: FAIL-bate
Sentence: Although a little voice in her head told Sue that hiring hundreds of telemarketers to promote the product was not a good plan, Bob failbaited her into doing it.
Etymology: fail, (jail)bait
Supportline
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: sup-port-liyn
Sentence: Parrents tend to support line way more than they should.
Etymology: Like a tightrope, supportive but really shouldn't be the situation at all.
Ruindulge
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /'rü-in-"d&lj/
Sentence: Sometimes there's a fine line between over-criticism and ruindulgence, but usually it's pretty easy to tell the difference.
Etymology: From ruin + indulgence
Complimeant
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: comp-leh-ment
Sentence: Though he generally felt a bit guilty afterwards, James would only offer complimeants when others needed guidance, sending them flowery praise when what he meant to do was give them solid advice.
Etymology: Blend of 'compliment' (flowery praise) and 'meant' (intended)