DEFINITION: v. To listen intently and sympathize with your colleagues when they request assistance, and then to simply, and completely, forget about it. n. The ability to sympathize with, yet ignore, requests for help.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Shampathize: /sham\’ pa thize/ Julie\’s partner said he was very overwhelmed with their joint project, and it was Julie\’s turn to call clients. Julie completely shampathized, then she went back to shopping online. Etymology: Sham + sympathize Created by: karenanne.
Comments on Shampathize:
karenanne, 2009-09-18: 15:09:00
Etymology: Sham + sympathizejrogan, 2009-09-18: 15:55:00
Good word! And I am not just being shampathetic…
Sympalies: /sim-pa-lize/ Ied can always be counted on to sympalies with you when you’re having trouble. He says he’ll be happy to help you, but whenever you need him, he’s nowhere to be found. Later he has one excuse after another for why he couldn’t help. Etymology: sympathize: to feel compassion for another’s trouble + lies: a false statement told to pass for truth Created by: mrskellyscl.
Comments on Sympalies:
galwaywegian, 2009-09-18: 07:49:00
nice
Compassionot: /kəmpashənät/ Always the compassionot character, Bruce was wonderful at listening to the grousing and requests for assistance from his co-workers. He disrecared about each and every one of them. They could always count on him even if it meant working overnaught. Etymology: compationate (feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others) + not (used to express the negative of other words) Created by: artr.
Comments on Compassionot:
galwaywegian, 2009-09-18: 07:49:00
love it!
Sympatigo: /simmm pat eye gow/ He was tres sympatigo, nodding sympathetically while reversing out the door Etymology: sympatico, I go Created by: galwaywegian.
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