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

complometer

Scale used to determine the level of complicatedness exhibited by women.
Scales include bit of complomication, stupid complomication, boring complomication, complomication, complete complomication, complete and utter complomication, extreme complomication and WTF??
To be used in conjunction with the bastometer

after a little thought he rated her as complete and utter complomication on the complometer

by liz and claire October 1, 2007

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

cumpliment

A compliment that is derogatory and/or sexually suggestive.

Him: Did he just call you banging? Seriously!?
Her: Yeah he did, it's quite the cumpliment.

by Keydose March 27, 2015

complementarophobia

the fear of crappy complementary medicines.

eg. homeopathy

are you normal......yes i have complementarophobia

by doug123456789 December 16, 2008

complementary edtech

Education technology, like Dhrona, complementing a school led Pedagogy, combining in such a way as to enhance or emphasize the qualities of each other or another.

Dhorna ushered in an era of complementary edtech by empowering schools through tech in creating amazing, impactful learning experiences for their students

by Dhrona November 28, 2020