Verboticism: Palthetic
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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.
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.
Points: 821
Comments: Palthetic
Jabberwocky - 2008-02-20: 11:06:00
I wasn't sure if you were trying for pal or pall in your etymology - both work well
Banky - 2008-02-20: 13:56:00
Excellent verbot.
silveryaspen - 2008-02-20: 14:17:00
Your sentence and word were so good the sorrow in them almost gave me heart palpitations! Outstanding!