Verboticism: Siliance

'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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Siliance

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: si/li/ance

Sentence: Fred was quite happy with his siliance with Betty. He loved being with her and she did all the speaking for both of them all the time they were together.

Etymology: SILIANCE - noun - from SILENT (making no sound; quiet) + ALLIANCE (a merging of efforts, or interests by persons)

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Comments: Siliance

silveryaspen - 2008-12-04: 12:31:00
Unique word and etymology. Nice one!

metrohumanx - 2008-12-04: 16:30:00
I want to pronounce it "silly-unce".Good word, Big "O" !