enbabling

a term given to parents who treat their child like a baby rather than encouraging their child to make any form of progress

A twelve year old child twisted their ankle in P.E. Now the parent wants a note from the doctor stating the child can never participate in P.E. even though the child has completely healed. That parent is just enbabling the child.

by J. Smits May 20, 2024

eyballing me

The incorrect way to spell "eyeballing"

Eyballing me is wrong.. Eyeballing me is correct.

by Terrum August 27, 2008

Enabling

Shielding a person from the consequences of a destructive behavior; Allowing a person's destructive behavior to persist by managing or minimizing the ill-effects of the behavior.

"Enabling" vs. "Empowering"

Enabling: supporting a person's behavior that (repeatedly/habitually) instigates a negative or destructive result

Empowering: supporting a person's ability or effort in a positive or progressive endeavor

Enabling can be as destructive as the behavior itself . . . a person enabling a destructive behavior is motivated by their need to do so and is gratified by reinforcing their superiority or control over that person; An "enabler" holds a person in an inferior state by denying them the motivation to change and therefore, the opportunity to grow.

by dexmcgee December 11, 2015

Enbubbling

The process by which professional and amateur sports teams seek to protect their players from contagions associated with an airborne virus.

Suggested by @AmyTrask: American sports executive, author, and lawyer from California. She is the former CEO of the Oakland Raiders. Trask has also been referred to as the "Princess of Darkness" by Raiders fans. Wikipedia

Sports teams that seek to return to playing games must have processes in place to protect their players as they gear up to start or restart their seasons. This can be accomplished through enbubbling.

by s3friedman June 18, 2020

ebbling

The ball-like objects put on high power lines to warn small aircraft of the location of the line. They are most often seen on power lines that span passes between large hills. The term was originally derived from the misheard lyrics of an REM song, it has gained popularity among the California, Highway 17 commuter crowd.

"The accident on the Mount Hermon Road offramp has the traffic backed up to the ebblings across the Lexington Reservoir."

by BirdFeather October 27, 2008

ennobling

dignifying: investing with dignity or honor; "the dignifying effect of his presence"; "the ennobling influence of cultural surroundings"

As an up-and-comer, he had found in boxing som-thing ennobling.

by Brian Stankowitz August 29, 2006

enabling friend (EF)

1) A friend who encourages extreme behaviour to 1) make themselves feel virtuous in comparison 2) make their companion feel as though everything they are doing is really not so bad after all. Both friends have to collude in the behaviour partnership for the relationship to work.

A shopaholic and an enabling friend will go shopping together. The enabling friend (EF) will buy two items and tell the shopaholic things like the real reason they buy is that they have excellent taste, love beautiful things and really deserve them because they work so hard and encourage the partner to buy ten things. The EF then reassures herself or himself that (s)he's very restrained and frugal compared to his or her companion.
The same applies to going drinking with someone who has an alcohol problem.

by Sarah McCartney September 10, 2006