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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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Awtoobadno
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Aw-too-bad-no
Sentence: "Aww...I'm so sorry and I feel your pain Paula Pokealong, but dear I will not help you again with your work and it's an awtoobadno situation for you that you must handle it this time on your own."
Etymology: Aw;—used to express mild disappointment, gentle entreaty, or real or mock sympathy or sentiment. Too; to an excessive degree : excessively : to such a degree as to be regrettable. Bad; failing to reach an acceptable standard. NO!; not so —used to express negation, dissent, denial, or refusal.
Usefail
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: yous - fayl
Sentence: Lorne proved to be usefail most of the time. Louise thought he cared, thought he understood her problem and then thought he wanted to help but for some reason, he never was able to.
Etymology: useful, fail
Vagless
Created by: aj3131
Pronunciation: Vag-less
Sentence: Every dude can be vagless.
Etymology: well you guys know what is meant.
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
Ironian
Created by: newszi
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Sally asked Cindy, about Joe might be able to help them. Sally answered: -Don't bother, he's an Ironian When you ask for help you need the most, all you get is Ironians'. Joe's answers are an Ironian's, he newer keeps himself to them.
Etymology: irony + answer or irony +an
Dissmember
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: diss-membur
Sentence: When Sue came back from vacation, she found that Wendy had dissmembered to stop the production of Christmas cookies. Now she had to find a way to turn Santa Clauses into Leprechauns.
Etymology: diss (disrespect), disremember (to forget)
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COMMENTS:
word isn't bad, sentence is brilliant! - galwaywegian, 2007-02-27: 06:05:00
I have a clear image of someone chopping the arms and legs off gingerbread men. - petaj, 2007-02-27: 17:38:00
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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.
Compassionot
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kəmpashənät
Sentence: 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)
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COMMENTS:
love it! - galwaywegian, 2009-09-18: 07:49:00
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Sympolepsy
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: simp-o-lehp-see
Sentence: Though he was a good listener Mike's sympolepsy caused him to forget any request ever made of him by his co-workers.
Etymology: sympathy + epilepsy = sympolepsy
Helpologize
Created by: Ahmad
Pronunciation: help-o-lo-gize
Sentence: Saba helpologize when i asked her to help me out in my assignment as she got to do something.
Etymology: help + apologize
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