Andrew Lugton's definitions

proxapathy

The indifference that prevents you from visiting a place of interest even though, or because, you live nearby. A sufferer is proxapathetic.

I live in London and, although my cousins from Canada have visited The Tower of London, proxapathy prevents me from doing so.

by Andrew Lugton September 12, 2008

palapathy

This perverse sentiment arises when the constancy of a friendship allows longer periods to elapse between meetings, without jeopardising that friendship.

We are such good friends that palapathy allows us to meet only rarely.

by Andrew Lugton September 12, 2008

hypocracy

A democracy governed by hypocrites.

The British government advocates moral standards to which it does not conform. Britain's political system is therefore a hypocracy.

by Andrew Lugton October 5, 2006