Timeline for Is there a single word for attitude of showing off one's weaknesses?
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| Nov 8, 2020 at 6:59 | comment | added | AMN | Opportunist, Attention seeker, sympathy seeker, Self sympathy, Self pity, Victim mentality | |
| Jul 10, 2016 at 20:17 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/752235353528999937 | ||
| Jul 10, 2016 at 14:30 | vote | accept | Khrustzh | ||
| Jul 9, 2016 at 0:09 | answer | added | traktor | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 14:51 | answer | added | R3D | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 12:52 | answer | added | Kit Z. Fox♦ | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 12:45 | history | edited | Khrustzh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 8, 2016 at 12:37 | comment | added | Khrustzh | Yes, perhaps "play victim (card)" or "play weak" is indeed what I sought. Could you please make it an answer so that I accept it? | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 12:37 | history | edited | Khrustzh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 8, 2016 at 12:36 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Wikipedia defines victim mentality as when a person tends to regard him or herself as a victim of the negative actions of others, but personally I think that's too restrictive. I'm more up for this definition in The Huffington Post, saying it's when someone feels they're a victim of circumstances or other people’s actions. | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 12:25 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @Peter Shor And that's not really even part of the continuum I mention. | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 12:22 | comment | added | Peter Shor | Think of the sports player who, upon getting an injury, does not tell his coach about it and continues playing. He then is unable to make a critical play because of his injury and loses the game. What would you call that? | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 12:22 | comment | added | Rome_Leader | Would you accept an idiom? The athlete or handicapped person can be considered to be "playing it up" with regard to their impairment. idioms.thefreedictionary.com/play+up | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 12:20 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Related: Any English equivalent for the Persian idiom “to play dead like a mouse”? 'Play the disability card' seems to fit well and is not unknown. But there must be a continuum from 'unfit for any work' through 'unfit for the work I did previously' to 'malingering'. | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 12:18 | comment | added | Andy Semyonov | Maybe disingenuous? | |
| Jul 8, 2016 at 12:16 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jul 8, 2016 at 12:11 | history | asked | Khrustzh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |