pbmax's definitions

self-sexile

1) Leaving one's domicile to avoid roommates when interacting with a significant other

2) Being sexiled of one's own volition

1) Cornelius and his boyfriend frequently went into self-sexile to avoid homophobic housemates

2) Jeremy and Claire always got so loud their roommates had not choice but to self-sexile.

by PBMax September 28, 2008

Backhanded Insult

A compliment couched in the form or tone of an insult. Often used by people who *want* to be nice, but fear being seen as weak or disingenuous, but can be unintentional.

When Maurice told Mary she was "the least photogenic pretty chick" he'd ever seen, he meant that pictures didn't do her beauty justice, but it came off as a backhanded insult.

by PBMax February 24, 2008