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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.
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Vagless
Created by: aj3131
Pronunciation: Vag-less
Sentence: Every dude can be vagless.
Etymology: well you guys know what is meant.
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
Beingamanager
Created by: euclid
Pronunciation: being-a-manager
Sentence: Jason just totally exhibited empathy and love for Tina, but he was just beingamanager.
Etymology: ...
Empathetic
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: em/pa/theh/tik
Sentence: Our IT team is very empathetic. They listen attentively to our problems and then promptly forget about them.
Etymology: empathy + pathetic
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
Sympalies
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: sim-pa-lize
Sentence: 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
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2009-09-18: 07:49:00
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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
Compassionot
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kuhm-pa-shuh-not
Sentence: When Denise came to Carl for help his face was completely sympathetic, his actions were compassionot.
Etymology: compassionate (having tender feelings) + not (used to express negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition)
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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Teamnesia
Created by: splangdon
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
. - splangdon, 2007-02-27: 14:33:00
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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