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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:
Palthetic
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: pall the tik
Sentence: Her palthetic approach to acquiring friends left her with severe neck problems from shoulder crying, and the largest collections of unanswered phone calls and used handkerchiefs in the world, or so she had been told by that nice lady from the Guinness Book of Recordsduring their three hour conversation.
Etymology: pal pathetic.
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COMMENTS:
I wasn't sure if you were trying for pal or pall in your etymology - both work well - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-20: 11:06:00
Excellent verbot. - Banky, 2008-02-20: 13:56:00
Your sentence and word were so good the sorrow in them almost gave me heart palpitations! Outstanding! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:17:00
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Mitleidfreude
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈmɪtlaɪdˌfrɔɪd/ /MITT-lahyd-Froyd/
Sentence: Mitleidfreude is somehow more socially acceptable than its nastier cousins schadenfreude, neidfreude, and dummheitfreude.
Etymology: from Ger., lit. "pity-joy," from mitleid "pity" + freude "happy"
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COMMENTS:
Surprising etymology! Now I know that mit came from mitleid ... but I thought leid was a play on layed ... and freude was a play on fraud and Freud! Didn't know what to make of the cousins! (chuckling) Kudos for your ingenuity! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 02:35:00
Wunderbar! Great approach to create your verboticism. Makes me think of german words with a "toe-hold" in English, such as: "weltschmer" & "sprachgeful". - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-20: 16:41:00
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Lesmiserablenabler
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: lay/miz/ur/awbul/enabler
Sentence: Sally was a lesmiserablenabler. She pulled on everyone's heartstrings to get the sympathy she craved.
Etymology: les Miserables + enabler + misery or miserable
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COMMENTS:
If there were fertility drugs for creating words ... I say it gave you quadruplets! Tongue-twistingly funny and clever. All kidding aside ... Exceptional Creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 13:46:00
Very clever! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-20: 15:58:00
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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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Commiserake
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: com-iz-er-rayk
Sentence: in order to feel better about myself i spent the whole party commiseraking
Etymology: commiserate, rake
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COMMENTS:
Great choice of words to blend! Kudos for the originality of thinking to use rake ... especially with its double meaning! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 02:50:00
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Martyrdumchum
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mar tir dum chum
Sentence: After Walter had spent an exhausting day martyrdumchumming with Hazel, she served him up her favourite snack: whine and cheese with a chaser of gripe water. Hazel, you see, was a travel agent who specialized in Guilt Trips. In her spare time, Hazel also drove a Waaambulance!
Etymology: martyr (suffering for a cause) & martyrdom (any experience that causes intense suffering) & dumb (lacking intelligence) & chum (close friend who accompanies someone in their activities)
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COMMENTS:
So many great verboticisms! Exceptionally funny! Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 02:57:00
I like It! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-20: 16:23:00
Is it to die for??? - Nosila, 2008-02-22: 23:57:00
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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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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!
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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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.