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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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Spencourage

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: spen coor aj

Sentence: Joe's buddies helped spencourage him to follow his dream and give up all for a pipedream that would wipe him out financially in 2 months. With friends like that...who needs enemies?

Etymology: Spend (pay out money) & Encourage (support,influence)

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Obsequiocy

Created by: ArsMajika

Pronunciation: ub-SEE-KWEE-ah-SEE

Sentence: I can't believe the degree of obsequiocy those two idiot brown-nosers have.

Etymology: Obsequious + Idiocy

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Approvalying

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: uh-proove-a-lie-ing

Sentence: Your approvalying has led me to bankruptcy, when I was counting on your sagacity.

Etymology: approval (support) + lying (telling untruths)

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Soothesay

Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: zoo-th-say

Sentence: "Don't worry," they soothesaid, "we'll easily climb this mountain, even without a rope!"

Etymology: soothe - calm, appease say - to speak

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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

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Yessayer

Created by: cryptc

Pronunciation: Yes Sayer!

Sentence: You're all just a bunch of yessayers aren't you? nodding your heads, agreeing to everything I say.

Etymology:

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Supportfool

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation:

Sentence: The excandidate acknowledged his friends for their supportfool behaviour.

Etymology:

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Plustalk

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Pluss-tork (stress 1st syllable)

Sentence: Ever the optimist, Adrian constantly plustalked Bob into believing he could do anything. ---Schools are unfortunately sending out a plustalk message - children will eventually learn that there are some jobs they will never be smart enough to do.

Etymology: Plus+talk

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Rovercommit

Created by: maxxy

Pronunciation: ROH-ver-come-it

Sentence: Jim rovercommited to his boss's plan for a new Coke formula, and ended up running a bottling plant in Tucumcari.

Etymology: Karl Rove + overcommit

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Ruindulge

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /'rĂ¼-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

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