Verboticism: Responsitention

'Don't forget! I take half-cream, half-milk and two fake sugars. Thanks!'

DEFINITION: To be unable to dodge certain "social responsibilities", simply because everyone else expects you to do it. (You were just trying to be nice, but now...)

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Responsitention

Created by: ChrisCarrk

Pronunciation: re-spons-it-enshion

Sentence: Every day as he walked to and from the store, his respositention grew as the number of people who wanted lunch increased.

Etymology: responsibility+tension

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