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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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Pretendhelp
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I must use my pretendhelp abilties to get rid of my co-worker.
Etymology: pretend-to-help
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)
Teamnesia
Created by: splangdon
Pronunciation:
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COMMENTS:
. - splangdon, 2007-02-27: 14:33:00
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Sympatigo
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: simmm pat eye gow
Sentence: He was tres sympatigo, nodding sympathetically while reversing out the door
Etymology: sympatico, I go
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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Flusterduck
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: FLUS-tuhr-duk
Sentence: Once more frustrated in her effort to get him to change the office mousetrap, Brenda stormed angrily from Dick's office. "That woethario has flusterducked me for the last time. Time to go over his head. I'm calling DADDY!"
Etymology: From the Flemish "Flustre Du" meaning to pee on the outhouse door in winter, causing it to freeze shut.
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COMMENTS:
Big tip of the pen to purpleartichokes! - Alchemist, 2007-02-27: 08:32:00
What kind of culture needs a word for "freezing the outhouse door shut by peeing on it"? Interesting word... - Discoveria, 2007-02-27: 08:58:00
I thought Flustre Du was to pee on an electric fence. Thanks for clearing that up! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-27: 09:57:00
the Flemish have a peculiar sense of humor. you see, the act was performed to trap unsuspecting victims, or "flustrekels" INSIDE the outhouse. - Alchemist, 2007-02-27: 11:04:00
No doubt to try to turn them into flustcicles. Those naughty Flemish! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-27: 12:13:00
I guess I'd be flustered-too if I was trapped in an outhouse by some bladder-emptying trickster. - Discoveria, 2007-02-27: 15:44:00
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Eyewall
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: eye/wall
Sentence: His eye contact was perfect and sincere and his responses empathetic and kind, but his memory was going into shut down mode. He was a master at the ability to eyewall his colleagues.
Etymology: eye + eye ball + fire wall
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-27: 09:12:00
perfect word, in fact - I love it! - w5lf9s, 2007-02-27: 11:26:00
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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
Empathesia
Created by: bettyann9
Pronunciation: em-path-eezha
Sentence: She was so skilled at the art of empathesia that her friends never suspected she was transforming herself into a lawnmower even as she listened intently to their inane stories.
Etymology: Empathy+amnesia
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