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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
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Alzhumours
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: ahls.hu.mers
Sentence: When she reminded him the third time to print out that report for her, she began to wonder whether he might be suffering from that particular form of Alzhumour's she had read about.
Etymology: Alzheimer's disease (the first symtoms of which are forgetfulness) + to humour someone
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COMMENTS:
Maybe he just considered she was a lazy cow who knew perfectly well how to hit the print button. - petaj, 2007-02-27: 17:42:00
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Helpfoolness
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: help fool ness
Sentence: Deep down she new that Jon's particular brand of helpfoolness was not going to save the situation.
Etymology: helpful, fool
Unteamful
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: un-teem-fil
Sentence: "Wow, Doug didn't even bother following up on his promise to help me out. He is so unteamful!"
Etymology: team
Compassionot
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kəmpashənät
Sentence: As much as Judy saw heads nodding as she explained her dilemma, when it came down to getting help, her coworkers are decidedly compassionot. What she later discovered was that upper management had replaced a number of her coworkers with life-sized bobbleheads.
Etymology: compassionate (feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others) + not (used to express the negative of other words)
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COMMENTS:
good one - galwaywegian, 2011-02-02: 09:53:00
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Assignore
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: ass-ig-nore
Sentence: As he assignored Paula's plea of help, he was racking up a new record on Tetris!
Etymology: assist + ignore
Compasshun
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: kuhm-PAH-shuhn
Sentence: Once again Rick responded with typical compasshun to Sharon's request for assistance with her looming deadline, seeming to be caring and sympathetic yet never finding the time to actually come to her aid.
Etymology: Blend of 'compassion' ( a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering) and 'shun' (to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid)
Ipodnod
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: I/pod/nod
Sentence: He was a master of the ipodnod. He looked intensely interested but he was really listening to his favorite tunes
Etymology: ipod + nod
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COMMENTS:
Is this a confession? - wordmeister, 2007-02-27: 19:31:00
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Avoiquest
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: av oi quest
Sentence: Frank was the most renown for avoiquesting in the office. Ask him anything and you can bet tomorrow he wont remember any of it.
Etymology: from avoid and request.
Egosponge
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: ege-spunge
Sentence: However he always listen very carefully when you ask him something, he never do it. He's a egosponge.
Etymology: ego from egoist + sponge from his memory is like a sponge
Limpathy
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈlɪm.pəˌθi/
Sentence: Customer service representatives are often judged on their limpathy skills as opposed to their ability to actually fix problems.
Etymology: From limp + empathy
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COMMENTS:
Good word!!! You got my vote today. - Stevenson0, 2007-02-27: 17:56:00
Thanks. Though it looks like Discoveria's "scampathy" outdid me at the same kind of game. - ErWenn, 2007-02-28: 01:19:00
I'll admit I was sitting thinking of words ending in -mp, and discarded limpathy in the process. - Discoveria, 2007-02-28: 13:39:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus.
Thank you erasmus! ~ James
Thanks James! shame I cant think of a word this time though, boo!
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus. Thank you erasmus. ~ James