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DEFINITION: v. tr. To seek appreciation, support, and/or love by trying to get people to feel sorry for you. n. Someone who believes that if you don't feel sorry for them, you do not love them.
Verboticisms
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Pityhole
Created by: Filthy
Pronunciation:
Sentence: At first I felt sorry for her, but then I realized she was just a pityhole; she would always see me as a bad person for not caring enough.
Etymology:
Ohwoekissme
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: oh/woe/kiss/me
Sentence: Joan played the ohwoekissme card once too often and ended up with a cold sore
Etymology: woe + oh woe is me + kiss
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COMMENTS:
Stunningly, punningly, funny! Ingeniously Great! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:45:00
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Sympatheticention
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Sim-Path-etic-en-shun
Sentence: When he had run out of ways to legitimately get the attention of his parents, the spoiled brat resorted to sympatheticention; but without success!
Etymology: Combined form of Sympathy, Pathetic, and Attention
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COMMENTS:
Tongue-trippingly good triple play! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 03:10:00
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Sympathetick
Created by: swallowedbyafish
Pronunciation: sim-pah-theh-tick
Sentence: Why are you always trying to guilt me into having babies? I feel like a dog with fleas, you sympathetick! Our relationship isn't marital anymore, it's parasitic.
Etymology: sympathy/sympathetic + tick
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COMMENTS:
Very dramatick! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 02:58:00
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Narcsisteristic
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Nar-sis-teris-tic
Sentence: "Have you noticed how Joan is so narcsisteristic when she's having a bad hair day?" "Dude, she always is having a bad hair day!"
Etymology: My Boss, and my sister! Ay, dios mio!
Sympathove
Created by: leemarquis
Pronunciation: sym-path-uv
Sentence: John was looking for sympathove as he explained what a bad day he had had.
Etymology: sympathy + love
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COMMENTS:
Touchingly good etymology! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:20:00
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Pityfool
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: pit-e-fool
Sentence: Dave thought Jill was pityfool, asking him to massage her feet every day, so she could get her shoes on.
Etymology: pityful/fool
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COMMENTS:
like it. - galwaywegian, 2008-02-20: 13:17:00
Great Creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 13:59:00
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Sadforme
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: sad-form (or) sad-for-me
Sentence: Jackie assumed her boyfriend didn't love her because he never felt bad for her, he thought she was such a sadforme.
Etymology: sad + for + me (or) sad + form
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COMMENTS:
Great choice of words to combine ... short and simple but right to the point! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:02:00
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Compassionhate
Created by: Dougalistic
Pronunciation: Com-pash-shun-hate
Sentence: Jane was very compassionhate towards 'prima donna' Bill about his cut on his arm. She done this a thousand times with him already but he still never learns. Jane is planning to take a chain saw to him next time if he moans about getting cut by everything he get's in contact with.
Etymology: Compassionate - Showing feelings of sympathy for the suffering of others, often with a desire to help. Hate - transitive verb to dislike somebody or something intensely, often in a way that evokes feelings of anger, hostility, or animosity.
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COMMENTS:
Terrifyingly good! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:42:00
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Pityplease
Created by: tmcg5625
Pronunciation: pi-tee-plees
Sentence: if you go and see Brenda in hostpital she's sure to pityplease the whole time
Etymology: Pity-To feel pity or compassion for; be sorry for; commiserate with. to feel pity or compassion for; be sorry for; commiserate with. Please-(used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging.
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COMMENTS:
Meaning is apparent! Good, strong, combination! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 02:40:00
Maybe the best of the day!! - Mustang, 2008-02-20: 08:05:00
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-20: 16:54:00
Perfect. - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-20: 18:09:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metro1. Thank you metro1. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-02-20: 14:58:00
There are more words for different types of snow than there are for different types of love. Your definition helped us create some other words, for the one, you defined so well. Thank you metro1!
metro1 - 2008-02-20: 16:11:00
Thank you Silveryaspen. I am definitely impressed by all the words people have invented. And I intend to share them with the mepathetic cupidhole who so pityfoolishly inspired it, but only if she says pityplease.