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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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Sympafake
Created by: toralora
Pronunciation: sim/pah/faik
Sentence: I though he was supportive but as it turned out it was all one big sympafake.
Etymology: sympathize + fake/false
Teamnesia
Created by: splangdon
Pronunciation:
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Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
. - splangdon, 2007-02-27: 14:33:00
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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
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
Conmanfidant
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: konn mahnn fid awnt
Sentence: He was a complete comnamfidant. They all ran to him with their deepest secret fears, mistaking his wide eyed look as one of surprise when in fact he had thyroid issues and ulterior motives.
Etymology: confidant, con man
Sympathesia
Created by: mja188
Pronunciation: sym-pa-th-e-z-a
Sentence: It didn't matter how horrible the story Jim always seemed to suffer from sympathesia
Etymology: Sympathy and amensia
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
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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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
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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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