Compretence

Pretending to have competence in an area, usually in a professional setting, where one's ability to pretend to know a subject may go further than actual knowledge. Think Dilbert + competence + pretense

Jesper's compretence led him to rise quickly in the company.

- Was Sarah's experience a match for the new project?
- No, but she had enough compretence that management didn't see through her bullshit.

by Erolinthesky February 22, 2017

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copretendency

When two people pretend to be needed by each other, falsely empowering each other.

I knew I had a copretendency when I asked my boyfriend to open a beer I could open myself so that he would have something to offer me.

by Legs4days January 10, 2021

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Comprende

To Understand, usually ask in a question, which is finished with Comprende.

Comprende? : You Understand?

by Conor Nickargra May 16, 2006

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comprehandle

to understand and handle a subject

My brain is too much for you to comprehandle.

by KeenanP April 24, 2021

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comprehentious, comprehentiousness

to bombastically draw conclusions or make extrapolations from inadequate data;

a compounding of comprehention and pretentious.

Bob, the new sales guy, spent 30 minutes learning our newest product and announced that he could see that there needs to be major improvements before anyone can really use it. 30 min.!! I find that so comprehentious. He doesn't even know how to use it.

by boB Harvey November 6, 2003

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Acute Lyrical Comprehension Syndrome

ALCS is the inability to understand the lyrics of a song no matter the style. One may be ALCS positive when: he/she does not understand the meaning behind the words or when he/she just doesn't understand the words themselves.

You may have a condidtion known as acute lyrical comprehension syndrome or ALCS.

by Ni2k February 16, 2013

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