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Compliment

Something often easy to give, but very hard to get.
Frank: I can't deal with compliments. I don't often get them.
Angelo: But you're so good at giving them!
Frank: *Internal screaming*
by Rashka34 November 22, 2021
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Constructive Compliment

1: A suggestion that is delivered with encouragement.

2: An idea that does not truly exist and is an excuse for trying to politely state that someone could easily do better, or that they are awful at whatever the constructive compliment is aimed at.

3: Something one makes up in Home Economics because your group is crap at their cooking assignment and only you seem to know it, saying that they can do much better in a politer way than saying "Dude, are you really this bad? You can fucking do better."

See constructive criticism and compliment.
Person No. 1: "Hey Person, how about you do this? You're doing well now but I think that would make it a lot better."
Person No. 2: "Constructive compliment
by Gr_y_Jay January 25, 2022
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National Compliment Your Girlfriend Day

November 23rd

Tell your girlfriend something nice so she knows you care!!!
“Bro, today is National Compliment Your Girlfriend Day!”
“Oh shoot! I better go compliment Caroline ASAP!!”
by amy robson November 23, 2022
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Compliment Inflation

When a person (typically a girl), receives so many compliments that the value of successive compliments decrease.
John: Ava, you’re so pretty!

Ava: Okay

John: Do you not like it when I say that?

Ava: No, it’s just that I get told I’m pretty all the time so the compliment doesn’t feel as special.

John: Oh I see, being called pretty has lost it’s effect due to compliment inflation.
by LittleToNoResearch January 9, 2024
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pay a compliment

Flatter or praise to someone.
Pay a compliment: Flatter or praise to someone.
He paid her a compliment when he told her she looked like a model
by Patoedu14 June 9, 2016
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barbed compliment

a small compliment that is presented at the forefront of a hailstorm of insults
Example of a barbed compliment:
"You're a very smart person, but you're so lazy that you can never get any work done. The only thing you're actually good at is being nice to people, and even that is a lie, because of how selfish and self-centered you are. You're honestly just a burden to everyone who knows you."
by ginger008 June 28, 2021
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