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'Whaahh! I have a pimple!'

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.

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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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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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Sympathetick

swallowedbyafish

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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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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Symper

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Sim - pur

Sentence: Thelma has a very low threshold of tolerance for pain or discomfort and when she feels others aren't 'feeling her pain' sufficiently she'll symper for attention until someone offers some kind of comfort.

Etymology: blend of sympathy and whimper

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COMMENTS:

Right on the definition! Has tons of appeal, perhaps because of the power in those two words, and the simplicity in the result of your blending of them. Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 03:02:00

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Sympathadore

Created by: mothergoose

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

Nice creation. It would mean so much more if you'd share a sentence and etymology, too! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:52:00

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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!

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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.

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Fidelpity

Created by: Banky

Pronunciation: fie-DELL-pit-tee

Sentence: After the 22nd time Mark's father had died in under two years, Dana realized she had to turn a deaf ear to his desperate pleas for fidelpity. She stormed out of his apartment, slamming the door behind her. Mark sat motionless on the couch, until he heard tires squealing away from the building. He stood, slowly, and walked to the bedroom. He strapped his right arm to his torso using an Ace bandage, carefully slipped into the Vietnam era Army fatigues he'd bought at the surplus store, and carefully applied the mohair mustache with spirit gum. After gently easing the wheelchair into the trunk, he headed to the Peppermint Hippo for a night of free lapdances.

Etymology: fidelity + pity

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COMMENTS:

As always, I can't wait to see what will happen next in your sentence. Always a surprise twist to the ending. He sure knew how to fiddle around to get pity! Another marvelous creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:28:00

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Tragedevotion

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /traj-i-dee-VO-shun/

Sentence: Jerry thought that his date Sandra was going to cry — she had complained about her bad day all through dinner, spilled wine on her dress, and then, while leaving the restaurant, she'd twisted her ankle. "But at least I have you. You're the only good thing in my life," she said, obviously seeking tragedevotion, as Jerry carried her down the street. He thought that Sandra was a klutz, and he found her helplessness rather pitiful, but oddly enough her ploy was working, and now he was more attracted to her than ever.

Etymology: Tragedy - a drama characterized by disasterous events (from Greek, tragodia "a dramatic poem") + Devotion - ardent affection and dedication (ancient Latin, devotionem "dedication by a vow")

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COMMENTS:

Wow! Great depth of feeling! Right on the definition! Fantastic! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 02:44:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-20: 00:01:00
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.