One who clings to others' compassion by using this or her sickness or disability in order to attain extra care, attention, or favors.
Ever since her diagnosis, Jenna has turned into a real pityleech,using her diagnosis of chronic pain to wring sympathy, drugs, and weekend visits out of her friends whenever she feels down,
by ARog59 May 29, 2025
Get the Pityleechmug. noun; a field that starts with speculative or mystical ideas but gradually emerges as a legitimate science through the development of evidence-based methods
Alchemy's quest for the philosopher's stone may seem fantastical, but it was an emergent science that eventually led to breakthroughs in metallurgy and medicine
by ARog59 August 28, 2024
Get the emergent sciencemug. Ben saw that the salesman's attention was diverted from him while showing Jerry the store's selection of ties, so he used Jerry as a pseudopawn, quickly snatching two gold cuff links from the open display case.
by ARog59 September 07, 2024
Get the pseudopawnmug. Verb: to offer to perform a difficult or unpleasant task while knowing that one won't be chosen to perform it, but will be thanked and given credit for the offer. Noun: shamcrediteer
None of the employees wanted to clean the bathrooms, but Norma decided to shamcredit an offer to do so, knowing all along that several other employees had far more experience cleaning bathrooms than she did, and that one of them would surely be chosen. She was a shameless shamcrediteer.
by ARog59 September 02, 2024
Get the shamcreditmug. Noun or adjective; refers to new technological devices or systems promoted as progressive when they actually don't work as well as the device or system that they replaced.
Owen remembered a time when most sinks in public bathrooms had handles with which one could turn on the water and adjust its temperature and flow. The new regressotech sinks have motion sensors instead of handles, the user has to wave his or her hands in various ways in order to activate them, and the flow of water is generally very brief.
by ARog59 August 23, 2024
Get the Regressotechmug. noun; a field of science in which mythological or mystical ideas were transformed into scientific knowledge, acknowledging the role of myth in the early development of human understanding.
The ancient belief in divine beings controlling the weather was a mytho-science that inspired early meteorological studies, leading to the scientific understanding of atmospheric phenomena
by ARog59 August 28, 2024
Get the mytho-sciencemug. Eva really wanted the diamond necklace but did not wish to risk the consequences of getting caught, so she used her friend Gabby as a baitpawn, taking the necklace from the display case and slipping it into Gabby's purse.
by ARog59 September 07, 2024
Get the baitpawnmug.