When you receive criticism followed by an insincere compliment, usually at a job review. Done when someone gets so upset after criticism that they are pacified with a "compliment" in order to shut them up.
Chris was mad because his job review was terrible, so his boss made up a random compliment to make him feel better. Chris did not fall for this Open-Faced Compliment Sandwich and remained angry. Grrr.
See also: Compliment Sandwich.
See also: Compliment Sandwich.
by xarasia October 16, 2013
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He paid her a compliment when he told her she looked like a model
He paid her a compliment when he told her she looked like a model
by Patoedu14 June 9, 2016
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Bill: Hey Phil you are really beautiful.
Phil: No, I'm not. Even my grandma calls me ugly.
Bill: Stop being so hard on yourself.
Phil: Well then stop giving me empty compliments.
Phil: No, I'm not. Even my grandma calls me ugly.
Bill: Stop being so hard on yourself.
Phil: Well then stop giving me empty compliments.
by John Floppy Clock December 15, 2013
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by fredrietta September 27, 2008
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Get the fishing for compliments mug.A comment made about an African-American that is somehow related to their race and would be mundane/not worth mentioning were they white.
Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) made a blackhanded compliment about Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), saying he is “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.”
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The Republican Senator would never desecrate the holy institution of marriage by voting to allowing gays to wed; just ask his ex.
by Anon April 19, 2005
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