A group of people who are reeled into a over-dramatisation or fabrication of an event, told by a person who wants attention and/or others to feel sorry for them
Jackie's over-dramatisation of a relationship break-up had a 'sympathy circle' of people flocking around her
by Disco Boy July 13, 2008
When a driver applies his or her brakes for no other reason than they see someone else applying their brakes in another lane. The offender has no other reason to slow down other than they saw some red lights in their peripheral vision.
"This dude is making me late for work, he's put on the sympathy brake for every car that has slowed down around him."
by tinnitus January 07, 2008
Snowflake generation illness to gain fame or attention.
Looks like genuine grief but without tears and always in public situations.
Performers include Andy Murray, the Brazilian National squad, cheating cricketers and Britain’s Got Talent panelists.
Looks like genuine grief but without tears and always in public situations.
Performers include Andy Murray, the Brazilian National squad, cheating cricketers and Britain’s Got Talent panelists.
I’m not sure those tears are necessary for minor corrective surgery or whether Andy is a practicing Sympathy Farmer.
by Scamdy-cat May 09, 2019
You physically feel pain in the same area when a person; describes what it feels like, talks about it excessively, tells you how they got the pain or just (in rare cases) are around you.
She keeps talking about her shattered knee cap and now my knee hurts, I must be having some kind of sympathy pain.
by heartthekillers June 06, 2013
gaining support by appealing to people's love of a sob story. This could include running for public office after a recent personal or family tragedy, or turning up to an X-Factor audition in a wheelchair, hoping that doing so will gloss over any discernible lack of talent.
Dave: "Here Bob, this man on the X-Factor lost all his family in a plane crash and had is legs amputated after a tragic gardening accident."
Bob: "He may be crap, but he will win on the sympathy vote."
Bob: "He may be crap, but he will win on the sympathy vote."
by Lee 74 October 28, 2008
by Cynthia Rosendosendale November 12, 2007
Sympathy puh is when your girl or any girl gives you pussy because she feels bad about something that happened to you.
by 101010101010101010101010 August 06, 2016