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pa•theth•ic adjective an artificial word composed of pathetic and ethic, describing someone’s pitiful moral conception.
Wow! Have you heard how he rejected his friend for no reason? That is really pathethic.
pathethic by pathethic January 11, 2009
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pathetic 

A word defining complete pity and sadness, a maximum state of misery. Something that is weaker than it should and could be, something poor in existence.(1)

Also commonly being used at immature and exaggerated deeds.(2)
(1)You never worked any hard, always taking, never giving, nor deserving, and now you dare to beg me in tears for money...
You are pathetic.

(2)My classmate which I invited yesterday stole my 6 year old brother's favorite toy.
pathetic by Proch February 20, 2011

PDA (Pathetic Displays of Affection) 

To those who thought there couldn't be worse than that couple slobbering noisily all over each other centimetres from your own face at rush hour on the tube (Public Displays of Affection) - think again.

There's always Pathetic Displays of Affection. These usually occur when one or both parties is irretrievably inebriated. Sometimes followed by convenient memory loss the morning after the night before and/or heavy regret and shame felt by one or both parties.

Almost without fail intoxication-related, Pathetic Displays of Affection can be physical or virtual - in which case, thanks to the miracle of modern technology, they can take the various but inevitably excruciating forms of drunken dialling, texting or even, more permanently so, emailing and instant messaging.
Pedro, spare us all the PDA (Pathetic Displays of Affection) and the ensuing wingeing phone call to me about how mortified you are. There is no world in which it's a good idea to tell this Madeleine girl you just met at the bar that you want to marry her and impregnate her shortly afterwards. Even if she IS a hot blonde blue-eyed Swede.

Pathetic 

"how pitiful"
giving your all to man/women who couldn't care less about you
"there she was, on her knees, begging and crying. Saying 'i want you to love me', god how pathetic right?"
Pathetic by vanssk8ergirl November 6, 2018

Pathetical

A word that isn’t a word but should exist
Person:“You are a very pathetical person

Other person: “Pathetical isn’t a word”
Pathetical by Me-2021 April 4, 2021

Pathetical

1. Somebody who feels really really pathetic
2. When you are so broke you are literally counting your pennies to pay for something
1. Im feeling so pathetical today, i just cant do anything right. =*((

2. Cherie is so effing pathetical she barely found enough loose change to buy a bus ticket! i heard she even had to pay with some of those old copper coins.... ewwwy!!!
Pathetical by Melfron August 3, 2008

tele-pathetic 

Having psychic abilities that are useless in predicting the outcome of relevant events. Dreams and visions of this nature simultaneously provide enough facts to be disturbing, and too few facts to act upon.
"My brother and I are tele-pathetic, we both predicted that nothing important would happen today."

"If I weren't so tele-pathetic I would have known where in Nebraska the accident was going to happen."
tele-pathetic by xccrash October 18, 2009
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Literally 1984 

Used in response for when someone promotes/advocates an event or idea that is perceived to support "too much" authority and/or government control.

Often used jokingly as a over-exaggeration in political talk.

Can also be used in response to a ban or mute in a forum site or online chat.
Steve: I think that the government should regulate businesses more
Bob: Literally 1984!

--User1 has been permantly banned--
User2: You cant ban my friend like that! Literally 1984!
Literally 1984 by ke1 July 7, 2021
Word of the Day on September 1, 2026

Back when I lived in upstate new york 

A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
Word of the Day on August 31, 2026
Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
Word of the Day on August 30, 2026
the act of having anonymous sexual encounters with other men in public toilets.
Cottaging by greeef April 24, 2003
Word of the Day on August 29, 2026

Salad Days 

green inexperienced youthful judgement and cold blooded execution of those judgements.

Rashness with little concern of consequence.

Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare

"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood."

- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
"How did you end up in jail?"

"Salad days, 'nuf said."
Salad Days by GilbyRFC0 October 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 28, 2026

age gate 

An absolutely foolproof way to keep minors from viewing content deemed "too mature" for them to watch.
Billy: "So I was trying to watch some videos for an M rated game, and I ran into an age gate, so I put in my real birthday. SOMEHOW it managed to figure out that I am 12. CURSE YOU AGE GATE!!!"

Bill: "Fucking age gate! *quick scroll* THERE! I was born on January 1, 1904. Fuck you age gate."
age gate by Banja January 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 27, 2026
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