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sympathy brake

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 9, 2009
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Sympathy Farmer

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.
I’m not sure those tears are necessary for minor corrective surgery or whether Andy is a practicing Sympathy Farmer.
by Scamdy-cat May 9, 2019
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bp sympathizer

U.S. Congressman Joe Barton (R-Texas) was the lead
Republican at the congressional hearings about the bp oil spill.

As his opening remarks with bp's Tony Hayward, he actually apologized to him for President Obama's "harsh treatment." Barton actually said Obama's insisting on bp setting up a $20 Billion victim compensation fund was a "shakedown."

The appropriate shock and awe followed. Even John Boehner was embarrassed and Barton eventually apologized for his own assisnine insensitive stupidity.
Some of Rep. Barton's Republican colleages were surprised to hear he was a bp sympathizer, but many of his corporate owned colleages agreed with him. However if you look at his $1.4 million in campaign contributions from big oil you can begin to understand.
by Charles_U_Farley June 21, 2010
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Sympathy Pain

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 6, 2013
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Sympathy

1. to care about someone else's feelings when they experience sadness or negative emotion due to an unfortunate event or situation.

2. two or more people have a goal, interest or opinion in common.

3. to feel support for a person or thing.
1. "I am sorry for your loss."

2. "I would like to extend my sympathy to the family."
by cavanobrien August 6, 2014
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Sympathize Button

A button that should be pressed when someone shares a very emotional or sad status in social media especially on Facebook.
A: Facebook must introduce a sympathize button soon.
B: I agree with you. This is really weird when other friends press the 'Like' button even if the status is about the death of a relative.
A: Do you know about the person who suggested the necessity of this button so clearly?
B: Md. Ziaul Haque from Bangladesh; am I right?
A: Yes, he posted a status on Facebook on Aug 30, 2012 about the introduction of a 'Sympathise' button. The status was- "I find it really strange or weird especially when someone clicks the 'Like' option even when his friend faced an accident. How can we 'like' this phenomenon when the concerned person is not happy? I think my Facebook friends must agree with me on this note. According to me, Mark Zuckerberg should think seriously about this and add another option just beside the 'Like' button. I suggest that "Sympathise" can be the most suitable option."
B: Thanks a lot for this information.
A: It's alright.
by Rajeeb2014 December 16, 2014
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sympathy vote

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."
by Lee 74 March 5, 2009
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