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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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Commiserake
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: com-iz-er-rayk
Sentence: in order to feel better about myself i spent the whole party commiseraking
Etymology: commiserate, rake
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COMMENTS:
Great choice of words to blend! Kudos for the originality of thinking to use rake ... especially with its double meaning! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 02:50:00
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Comflirt
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: kum-flurt
Sentence: The large angry-looking bug bite and subsequent broken nail and run in her stocking had transformed her into a whino. At the party, she proceeded to comflirt around the room until no one was left except for the dog, who humped her leg in sympathy.
Etymology: comfort, flirt
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COMMENTS:
Unique etymology! Great pathos in your sentence ... you really captured the pity and sorrow in the definition! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 13:52:00
good one! I like the sentence. - toadstool57, 2008-02-20: 14:34:00
oh tidings of comflirt and joy - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-20: 15:52:00
Thanks Jabber... nothing like having a Christmas song stuck in your head while you're paying off the holiday spending spree. - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-20: 18:08:00
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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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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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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!
Pityhole
Created by: Filthy
Pronunciation:
Sentence: At first I felt sorry for her, but then I realized she was just a pityhole; she would always see me as a bad person for not caring enough.
Etymology:
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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Lesmiserablenabler
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: lay/miz/ur/awbul/enabler
Sentence: Sally was a lesmiserablenabler. She pulled on everyone's heartstrings to get the sympathy she craved.
Etymology: les Miserables + enabler + misery or miserable
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COMMENTS:
If there were fertility drugs for creating words ... I say it gave you quadruplets! Tongue-twistingly funny and clever. All kidding aside ... Exceptional Creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 13:46:00
Very clever! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-20: 15:58:00
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Sympatheticention
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Sim-Path-etic-en-shun
Sentence: When he had run out of ways to legitimately get the attention of his parents, the spoiled brat resorted to sympatheticention; but without success!
Etymology: Combined form of Sympathy, Pathetic, and Attention
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COMMENTS:
Tongue-trippingly good triple play! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 03:10:00
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Ohwoekissme
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: oh/woe/kiss/me
Sentence: Joan played the ohwoekissme card once too often and ended up with a cold sore
Etymology: woe + oh woe is me + kiss
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COMMENTS:
Stunningly, punningly, funny! Ingeniously Great! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 14:45:00
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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.