pity pie
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[edit]Noun
[edit]- (informal, derogatory) An imaginary pie said to be consumed by a person who is self-pitying or being pitied.
- 2009, Adrienne Lee, Good News, page 46:
- I've worn the pity hat, eaten the pity pie, and sung the blues. But I've learned over time that it isn't worth carrying that baggage through life.
- 2011, Timothy J. Daye, The 5 Elements of the Highly Effective Debt Collector:
- So before you have a taste of that pity pie, you would say, “Mr. Doe, we are required to give you one last opportunity to take care of this voluntarily […]
- 2014, Kieran Scott, Complete Nothing, page 219:
- “Come on,” Wallace said, loping past me toward the van. “I'll buy you some pie.” Pity pie. That was what he was thinking. He thought I liked him, and he needed to buy me pity pie. Could this day get any worse? I sighed and followed after them.
- 2014, Cathie Pelletier, Running the Bulls:
- “I mean about me,” said John, “but, as usual, let's talk about you.”
“At least I rank among the innocents,” Howard noted. “And my team thinks it deserves a tad more of the pity pie.”