MEME REFERENCE

skinner pathetic

Use when dismissing a weak effort or boast with concise contempt

What it expresses

Dismissing a weak effort or boast with concise contempt

Example

A rival boasts about answering two emails before lunch, and your friend replies with Skinner's contemptuous 'pathetic.'

When not to use it

A beginner proudly reaches a meaningful first milestone; dismissing growth would be cruelty rather than comic one-upmanship.

• weak
• effort
• contempt