Pity-poacher

Someone who actively acts to steal the sympathy that is meant for someone else, generally by witnessing someone behave sympathetically to another and intersecting their own ( often exaggerated ) story of hardship so the sympathizer and the original beneficiary have to give the poacher all the attention and condolence. A behavior closely related to the chronic"one-upper" personality

I was telling the boss about my kid having a cold and that pity-poacher bill started lying about being born with dypheria and gout, so much for getting to clock out early, bill already got to.

by Joshamaphone March 27, 2021

Pity bacon

The 1 or 2 pieces of bacon You leave behind as a courtesy for the lazy people that slept through breakfast.

I woke up to the smell of breakfast only to find out that you didn’t even leave me a piece of pity bacon to go with the stale pancakes and cold eggs.

by Moonmullins2 January 15, 2022

Pity Post

An act of creating a post on social media to gain pity, may also be to gain likes or upvotes as well.

Greg created a pity post on reddit about not knowing how to gain karma. People feel bad for Greg not knowing how and gave him upvotes through pity.

by Clockworkn January 19, 2021

Pity pall

A pity pall is a friend you have where your friendship is solely based on the fact that you both have depression.

Yes, I made this up myself

I really like to hang out with Bob, but I feel like he's just a pity pall.

by Super Nigger Faggot October 3, 2018

Pity Ploy

A pity ploy (n.) is a term used when someone fishes for affection, compliments, or a free pass to excuse how they act by self degrading themselves to make you feel bad for them. Pity= is what the person wants from you and ploy= is the fact that they came up with a motive and plan to get pity from others. Ergo, the term pity ploy is formed. Don't be this person it's narcissistic.

Friend 1: *sends receipts of an altercation*
Friend 1: "Do you see how this bitch literally pulls an 'oh woe is me' card every time I have a valid point"
Friend 2: "omfg they do that to me too- yeah it's clear that they just wanted to come up with a pity ploy to win the argument"
Friend 1: "I know dude it's annoying as shit"

by Iwillchokeyou September 14, 2022

Pity Jerk

When a girl does something for a guy (or visa versa) because she feels bad for him.

Example 1

Jessica: I saw you with Mark last night, why were you with that loser??

Rebecca: I was giving him a pity jerk

Example 2

Jon: Why did you like Samantha's new pic, you know she's a huge loser right?

Matt: It was a pity jerk man.

by In your mom's DMs August 30, 2019

pity farming

an exaggerated display of emotions with the intent to garner sympathy for oneself

In “To Kill a Mockingbird” Mayella Ewell engaged in pity farming on the witness stand.

by skuffed_up March 1, 2023