Verboticism: Asymmetreat

'You're the only person who ever listens to me...'

DEFINITION: n., An ongoing relationship where one person does all the talking, whining and complaining, and the other just listens quietly and tries to appear sympathetic. v., To participate in a lopsided conversation where one person does all the conversing.

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Asymmetreat

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: ay-sim-e-treet

Sentence: Dealing with Loquacia is asymmetreating at its worst. Afterwards I feel like I've gone 15 rounds with used car salesman, and only got 4 words out.

Etymology: asymmetry (lopsided) + treat (to deal with, negotiate as in treaty)

Points: 677

Comments: Asymmetreat

emdeejay - 2008-12-04: 04:51:00
A semant(ic) treat!

metrohumanx - 2008-12-04: 16:33:00
Hahahaha...."Loquacia"....Good one!

Nosila - 2008-12-04: 21:36:00
Great sentence, oh loquacious One!

petaj - 2008-12-05: 03:10:00
MDJ - clever - now we have to aim for onomatopoeic comments