Sympathy Factor

In which lead or liked characters are hurt in non-life threatening but still critical ways to receive sympathy from the audience.

"That was so sympathy factor the way Rodney McKay got cut on the arm like that."

by Captain Peregrine March 31, 2009

sympathy spewer

one who throws up because they saw someone else throw up

"Dude, when Jimmy threw-up last night I became a sympathy spewer!"

by cleverwords May 15, 2009

sympathy flirt

making small, quick conversation with someone, especially non-witty conversation only because you feel bad that the other person likes you and you dont want to be rude to them.

he wasnt complementing your purse because he actually likes you. That was just a sympathy flirt because you're in the same social circles and you wouldnt leave him alone.

by sbahar May 21, 2010

Sympathetic Villain

A sympathetic villain is a villain character who is a bad person but their backstory/history/character arc is sad and depressing, it makes you feel bad for them. Or sympathy.

Zuko was a sympathetic villain, wasn't he?

by Pen Name = Pseudonym December 25, 2018

Pregnancy Sympathy Syndrome

When spending a lot of time around a pregnant woman, you start to develop some of the same symptoms without actually being pregnant-- specifically food cravings.

Alternatively, when the pregnant friend feels unmotivated and lazy, you share her lack of motivation.

Preggo friend: I'm craving a tub of Duncan Hines icing...
Non-preggo friend: Oh man, me too! We should totally go to the grocery store and buy some!
Preggo friend: You're such a good friend for not making me feel alone.
Non-preggo friend: It's just the Pregnancy Sympathy Syndrome talking... where's the freezer aisle?

(Return from grocery store with funfetti cake mix, 2 tubs of Duncan Hines icing, and black cherry vanilla ice cream)

by gdbl3k August 31, 2011

SysAdmin

Someone who makes what ever craptastic software package or networking configuration that the customer and/or development team wants actually work.

SysAdmin because developers need help. I know some people say heroes but it's really help. Lots and lots of help.

also
Our sysadmin rocks. She made some kernel tweaks and now that crappy software stopped crashing.

by Quiet Fleece October 19, 2017

symantec

The worlds worts Backup Software. It requires hacking the registry of production mail servers, installing hotfixes, and 8 hours on the phone with India to get it to work for a week before it breaks.

What happend to your backups? Symantec broke them.

by 0c0ld August 7, 2009