Choosing a coworker's design decision because you feel bad form them or because their design choices have not been used in a long time.
Brian used a sympathy-based design approach when he implemented a feature using Eric's proposal because Eric has been getting beaten up about things lately in the office.
by ericmw January 15, 2012

A burger that comes with a deviled egg
"Hey Bob, what's the burger of the day?" "It's the Sympathy for the Deviled Egg Burger, you should try it!"
by America Lover 🇺🇸 November 16, 2018

Pick-up line for the desperate.
"Hey, can I buy you a drink?"
"No"
"Have a little sympathy for the jackass down south!"
"...I'm getting a restraining order."
"No"
"Have a little sympathy for the jackass down south!"
"...I'm getting a restraining order."
by NotARapist April 24, 2005

by Big Daddy H. 69 December 5, 2017

What would happen if the lawyers were sorry for Derek Chauvin instead of George Floyd? Would they be told you can't do that?
I'm so sorry you have had the disease you have for so long officer Chauvin, we're gonna get you some help for your racism, you poor thing. We don't even know you, but we are, we are heartfelt and emotional for you. You have have our sympathy.
by Solid Mantis April 12, 2021

when you relay to your homie some bad news, and they pucker they ass sympathetically in shock.
can be a way of expressing empathy.
can be a way of expressing empathy.
"Yo mang, my boy told me he had a run-in with a bear while camping. Gave the homie a sympathy pucker, but he still alive."
by anonymous November 2, 2021

Me: I hated T.Swift when she played country music. It made me viscerally upset. She was so annoying.
Friend: Ugh I know! Every time I changed the radio station her country song was on in a different phase. I couldn't escape it. It was terrible. God, I'm pissed about it all over again!
Me: Bro, you have mad sympathy anger right now.
Friend: Ugh I know! Every time I changed the radio station her country song was on in a different phase. I couldn't escape it. It was terrible. God, I'm pissed about it all over again!
Me: Bro, you have mad sympathy anger right now.
by caseythewordmaker February 26, 2015
