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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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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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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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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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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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Heartfelled
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: hart-feld
Sentence: Lonely and unloved, Charity Ann of Atlanta, lived within the Heart of Tricksy. She believed any type of caring, was better than no love at all. So, she would tell sorrifool and pitifool lies about her health and finances, to get heartfelled sympathy.
Etymology: A play on heartfelt. A blending of heart, felt, fooled, and felled. Heart: in the sense of love, warmth, affection, caring. Felt: past tense of feeling. Fooled: gained by trickery. Felled: in the sense of being captured.
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COMMENTS:
All the words in my etymology have more than one meaning, so I listed only those I intended. If the other meanings play around in your mind, well just consider it a bonus of mined or mind fun! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 02:54:00
nice combination - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-20: 15:50:00
Simple, everybody combination! brings to mind words such as 'heart-slain' & 'heart-blood' (Shakespeare, I think ?? Luv 'Heart of Tricksy' also. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-20: 16:53:00
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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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Woezmi
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: wooz-mee
Sentence: You always woezmi about your little problems, give me a break.
Etymology: woe-is-me
Mepathy
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: me/pathy
Sentence: Jane always has stories of woe about herself and her bad luck. She constantly seeks mepathy from anyone who will listen to her unfortunate encounters with life.
Etymology: me (HEY! It's ALWAYS about ME!! And why shouldn't it be?!?!?!) + empathy
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COMMENTS:
Eggzellent!! - Mustang, 2008-02-20: 08:07:00
that might cause people to weepathy - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-20: 08:47:00
love it! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-20: 13:17:00
It has it all! Says it all! Simply Fantastic! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 13:58:00
Great word. Brings to mind a couple of "pathy" words i have come across recently: "Ambipathy" a mixture of sympathy & antipathy & "Tidapathy" : a coinage based on Malay, "tidapah", (tidak) meaning "never mind". - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-20: 16:22:00
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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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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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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.