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pity-bailing
verb
/pit-ee-bay-ling/
Definition
The tactical deployment of fake empathy to end a conversation you are desperate to escape.
In use
“I started pity-bailing after ten minutes of hearing about his new patio.”
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Language
- Language form
- verb
- Pronunciation
- /pit-ee-bay-ling/
Classification
- Life domain
- People & society
History
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