Irish compliment

An idiomatic expression which may convey one of two meanings:
1. A statement delivered as a compliment, but which contains an implied insult.
2. Damning with faint praise.

Sometimes also described as a left-handed compliment, these are sometimes delivered with obvious sarcasm or complete deadpan.

A: Wow! You're apartment looks great, especially given your poor taste and reluctance to spend money.
B: Gee thanks. You've take something friendly and turned it into an Irish compliment. Jerk.

by The WRZA December 9, 2008

manpliment

A compliment given by a man to another man, but with a connotation of appreciation rather than one of courtship. It often serves the purpose of boosting the receiver's self esteem or drawing attention to their better qualities so that others will appreciate them as well.

Man 1: You growin' out your scruff, bro? You got a bit of a 'stache there.
Man 2: Yeah, I'm trying out the Orlando Bloom look. How's it working?
Man 1: It's nice. It looks good on you.
Man 2: Thanks for that manpliment. It means a lot to me. I appreciate it.
Man 1: **winks

by das chaet August 24, 2011

Compliment Fishing

Complimenting another person, just in anticipation that they will, in turn, compliment you.

Compliment Fishing:

Aww, you're so pretty!

Thanks! So are you!

*Yes!*

by mmoniot January 13, 2011

Compliment whore

A person generaly a girl who is supposly your friend but goes behind your back and tries to get compliments from your boyfriend

Mayline is such a compliment whore

Mayline went an scrouged for compliments from my boyfriend I have been with for a year What a compliment whore

by LuLu69 November 27, 2011

Momplement

To complement someone regardless if their performance / quality is poor or not impressive.

“Oh little jimmy I know you made a mistake and made the team lose all their chances but you’re still the best” is the act of giving a momplement

by Fishhook November 2, 2018

Compliment Fail

An intended compliment that ends up becoming an epic fail

Hey dude, did you hear what our teacher said to me earlier? 'You passed the exam with the highest grade in the year! Well done, it seems you are actually quite good at french!' Massive compliment fail -_-

by Goldfire January 10, 2010

compliment tip

When a customer tips a server at the restaurant with a compliment so that they may leave a smaller than normal monetary tip

server 1: how much did that table tip you?
server 2: 10 percent, but he told me i did a really good job...
server 1: oh man, that sucks he gave you a compliment tip

by scarecrow287 August 5, 2010