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DEFINITION: v. tr. To seek appreciation, support, and/or love by trying to get people to feel sorry for you. n. Someone who believes that if you don't feel sorry for them, you do not love them.
Verboticisms
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Compassionhate
Created by: Dougalistic
Pronunciation: Com-pash-shun-hate
Sentence: Jane was very compassionhate towards 'prima donna' Bill about his cut on his arm. She done this a thousand times with him already but he still never learns. Jane is planning to take a chain saw to him next time if he moans about getting cut by everything he get's in contact with.
Etymology: Compassionate - Showing feelings of sympathy for the suffering of others, often with a desire to help. Hate - transitive verb to dislike somebody or something intensely, often in a way that evokes feelings of anger, hostility, or animosity.
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COMMENTS:
Terrifyingly good! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:42:00
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Palthetic
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: pall the tik
Sentence: Her palthetic approach to acquiring friends left her with severe neck problems from shoulder crying, and the largest collections of unanswered phone calls and used handkerchiefs in the world, or so she had been told by that nice lady from the Guinness Book of Recordsduring their three hour conversation.
Etymology: pal pathetic.
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COMMENTS:
I wasn't sure if you were trying for pal or pall in your etymology - both work well - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-20: 11:06:00
Excellent verbot. - Banky, 2008-02-20: 13:56:00
Your sentence and word were so good the sorrow in them almost gave me heart palpitations! Outstanding! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:17:00
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Narcsisteristic
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Nar-sis-teris-tic
Sentence: "Have you noticed how Joan is so narcsisteristic when she's having a bad hair day?" "Dude, she always is having a bad hair day!"
Etymology: My Boss, and my sister! Ay, dios mio!
Cupidole
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: kyoo-pee-dohl
Sentence: Roxie believed that the bonds of matrimony were like any others bonds -you suffer their pain together. And during times of cupidole, when the vicissitudes of life were at their worst, it always seemed that for Bob's benefit, she mondegreened the song, "Cupid" (Sam Cooke) by singing: "Cupid please hear my cry, and let your harrow fly, straight through my lover's heart for me."
Etymology: CUPIDOLE: Blend of Cupid(God of Love)& Dole: sorrow, lamentations, grief. HARROW: An exclamation of distress, call for succour. The ancient Norman hue and cry. " Harrow and well away!" 2. pain, distress, affliction.
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COMMENTS:
this would have been perfect for Valentine's Day - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-20: 11:09:00
Very evocotive creation! Her cue(s) in cupid, the stu-pity in the 'upid'y of it,and thev hole of pity she fell into at the end. Your creations are like a goldmine, or is that a word mine! As usual ... Extraordinary! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:41:00
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Sympathadore
Created by: mothergoose
Pronunciation:
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Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Nice creation. It would mean so much more if you'd share a sentence and etymology, too! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:52:00
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Conpassion
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: kon-pash-shun
Sentence: Ted realized that Amy was laying the conpassion on thick this week as he finished resodding her lawn in the name of love.
Etymology: con: swindle + passion: adrent affection also play on word compassion.
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COMMENTS:
very nice word liberty - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-20: 11:10:00
Sentence and word fits so many realtionships! Good word! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:10:00
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Pityplease
Created by: tmcg5625
Pronunciation: pi-tee-plees
Sentence: if you go and see Brenda in hostpital she's sure to pityplease the whole time
Etymology: Pity-To feel pity or compassion for; be sorry for; commiserate with. to feel pity or compassion for; be sorry for; commiserate with. Please-(used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging.
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COMMENTS:
Meaning is apparent! Good, strong, combination! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 02:40:00
Maybe the best of the day!! - Mustang, 2008-02-20: 08:05:00
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-20: 16:54:00
Perfect. - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-20: 18:09:00
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Sadforme
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: sad-form (or) sad-for-me
Sentence: Jackie assumed her boyfriend didn't love her because he never felt bad for her, he thought she was such a sadforme.
Etymology: sad + for + me (or) sad + form
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COMMENTS:
Great choice of words to combine ... short and simple but right to the point! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:02:00
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Sympathove
Created by: leemarquis
Pronunciation: sym-path-uv
Sentence: John was looking for sympathove as he explained what a bad day he had had.
Etymology: sympathy + love
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COMMENTS:
Touchingly good etymology! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:20:00
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Pityfool
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: pit-e-fool
Sentence: Dave thought Jill was pityfool, asking him to massage her feet every day, so she could get her shoes on.
Etymology: pityful/fool
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COMMENTS:
like it. - galwaywegian, 2008-02-20: 13:17:00
Great Creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 13:59:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metro1. Thank you metro1. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-02-20: 14:58:00
There are more words for different types of snow than there are for different types of love. Your definition helped us create some other words, for the one, you defined so well. Thank you metro1!
metro1 - 2008-02-20: 16:11:00
Thank you Silveryaspen. I am definitely impressed by all the words people have invented. And I intend to share them with the mepathetic cupidhole who so pityfoolishly inspired it, but only if she says pityplease.