sole comparison

Instead of trying on a new pair of shoes, simply holding up the bottom of the new shoe to the bottom of the old shoe. If it matches up, get it.

I was in too much of a hurry at Target yesterday to try on those new sandals, so I just did a sole comparison. Oh well, they were only 20 bucks.

by lafawnda527 March 18, 2009

comatize

The act of teaching students into a sleep state. To teach without engagement or retention.

She was such a stand and deliver teacher, that she comatized her students.

by jaegerma February 21, 2011

comparing

From the word comparison.

Comparing oneself to anything is an act of violence against the self.

by Judo70 May 15, 2016

pale in comparison

To be nothing in comparison to, 2nd rate

1) Those pictures are pale in comparison to Alex's beauty in real life

by Dominic Barone December 4, 2007

comprise

Constitute. Embody. Form. "Comprised of" is gobbledegook.

The parts comprise the whole. Players comprise a team.

by Jackscope March 11, 2010

asshole comparison

An informal logical fallacy in which one arguer compares the unpleasant activities of another to her/his own more favorable circumstance. For a comparison to fall under this fallacy, the arguer must both act like the situations are the same and make the other person feel bad about their own circumstance.

Arguer: "You think it's bad being an actuary? Yeah, try being an baby animal cuddler who has no allergies whatsoever."
Other person: "Bullshit! Asshole comparison!"

by ethical.breakdance January 4, 2010

comparism

an examination of two or more items to establish similarities and dissimilarities. Similar in meaning to comparison yet identified by the distinct Sahrism dialect.

The doctor did a comparism between the two xrays of Sahra's head and deduced that they were not taken in the same year.

by Sahra October 30, 2005