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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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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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Enfooliasm
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: en-fool-lee-azm
Sentence: Mark was so emboldened by his coworkers enfooliasm that he marched into his Boss's office and demanded a raise.
Etymology: enthusiasm +fool
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COMMENTS:
Good word...please give us a good sentence too to amuse us wordsmiths! - Nosila, 2009-08-26: 19:17:00
great word and sentence!! - mweinmann, 2009-08-27: 07:43:00
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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
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
Supportfool
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The excandidate acknowledged his friends for their supportfool behaviour.
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Agreementalcase
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: agrEE-men-tal-cAse
Sentence: Dave is an agreementalcase. One of his qualities to avoid controversy. Agreeing on, and reinforcing everything Jill says, reguardless if it's correct or not.
Etymology: agreement/mental case
Backpateror
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: BACK-PAT-ER-OR
Sentence: Harold's always so nice. He really came thru as my backpateror when I started my hampster milk empire.
Etymology: A good ol Pat on the Back + Awesomer + Terminator
Overvalidate
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: oh-ver-val-ih-date
Sentence: Hal overvaliadted her lousy BBQ chicken to avoid the inevitable fight.
Etymology: over + validate
Wringy
Created by: Sarfaraz
Pronunciation: Ring..gy
Sentence: Thanks for your wringying , I really was in trouble.
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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.