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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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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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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
Vagless
Created by: aj3131
Pronunciation: Vag-less
Sentence: Every dude can be vagless.
Etymology: well you guys know what is meant.
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.
Fauxgetfullness
Created by: urbanwookie
Pronunciation: foh-get-fool-ness
Sentence: When challenged by his boss, James blamed his inaction on his chronic fauxgetfullness.
Etymology: faux + forgetfullness (contraction)
Helpmenot
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: HELP-ME-not
Sentence: Bobby's helpmenot traits vexed his dwindling circle of friends.
Etymology: help me (assist me) + not
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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Lacknowledge
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lak nol lej
Sentence: Although Henry would acknowledge Rita's requests for help, he was so lazy and forgetful that there was a big lacknowledge in assisting her.
Etymology: Lack (be without) & Acknowledge (accept to be what is claimed or accept power and authority)
Compassiveness
Created by: ekath
Pronunciation: com-pass-iv-ness
Sentence: Her attitude and attention, which seemingly sincere, should not be misleading. Its all scheming compassiveness.
Etymology: from compassionate + passive
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