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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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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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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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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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Symper
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Sim - pur
Sentence: Thelma has a very low threshold of tolerance for pain or discomfort and when she feels others aren't 'feeling her pain' sufficiently she'll symper for attention until someone offers some kind of comfort.
Etymology: blend of sympathy and whimper
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COMMENTS:
Right on the definition! Has tons of appeal, perhaps because of the power in those two words, and the simplicity in the result of your blending of them. Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 03:02:00
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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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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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Mitleidfreude
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈmɪtlaɪdˌfrɔɪd/ /MITT-lahyd-Froyd/
Sentence: Mitleidfreude is somehow more socially acceptable than its nastier cousins schadenfreude, neidfreude, and dummheitfreude.
Etymology: from Ger., lit. "pity-joy," from mitleid "pity" + freude "happy"
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COMMENTS:
Surprising etymology! Now I know that mit came from mitleid ... but I thought leid was a play on layed ... and freude was a play on fraud and Freud! Didn't know what to make of the cousins! (chuckling) Kudos for your ingenuity! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 02:35:00
Wunderbar! Great approach to create your verboticism. Makes me think of german words with a "toe-hold" in English, such as: "weltschmer" & "sprachgeful". - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-20: 16:41:00
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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!
Tragedevotion
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /traj-i-dee-VO-shun/
Sentence: Jerry thought that his date Sandra was going to cry — she had complained about her bad day all through dinner, spilled wine on her dress, and then, while leaving the restaurant, she'd twisted her ankle. "But at least I have you. You're the only good thing in my life," she said, obviously seeking tragedevotion, as Jerry carried her down the street. He thought that Sandra was a klutz, and he found her helplessness rather pitiful, but oddly enough her ploy was working, and now he was more attracted to her than ever.
Etymology: Tragedy - a drama characterized by disasterous events (from Greek, tragodia "a dramatic poem") + Devotion - ardent affection and dedication (ancient Latin, devotionem "dedication by a vow")
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COMMENTS:
Wow! Great depth of feeling! Right on the definition! Fantastic! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 02:44:00
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Mepathy
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: me/pathy
Sentence: Jane always has stories of woe about herself and her bad luck. She constantly seeks mepathy from anyone who will listen to her unfortunate encounters with life.
Etymology: me (HEY! It's ALWAYS about ME!! And why shouldn't it be?!?!?!) + empathy
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COMMENTS:
Eggzellent!! - Mustang, 2008-02-20: 08:07:00
that might cause people to weepathy - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-20: 08:47:00
love it! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-20: 13:17:00
It has it all! Says it all! Simply Fantastic! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-20: 13:58:00
Great word. Brings to mind a couple of "pathy" words i have come across recently: "Ambipathy" a mixture of sympathy & antipathy & "Tidapathy" : a coinage based on Malay, "tidapah", (tidak) meaning "never mind". - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-20: 16:22:00
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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.