Verboticism: Mepathy
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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.
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: Mepathy
Mustang - 2008-02-20: 08:07:00
Eggzellent!!
Jabberwocky - 2008-02-20: 08:47:00
that might cause people to weepathy
galwaywegian - 2008-02-20: 13:17:00
love it!
silveryaspen - 2008-02-20: 13:58:00
It has it all! Says it all! Simply Fantastic!
OZZIEBOB - 2008-02-20: 16:22:00
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".