crying game

noun

crying game

noun
1

Informal A situation where someone cries in a spiteful, self-indulgent, or attention-seeking manner.

  • It's only when you remove all remnants of the guy from your life that you can move on. No Contact. Until you are completely over the guy, avoid all contact. If the guy's an asshole, he'll try to contact you, and probably run the crying game on you.2011, Willie Booker, Life’s Too Short to Date Men Like Me, iUniverse, published 2011, →ISBN, page 58:
  • Waaaaa! Waaaaa! If you let it, life can become nothing more than a crying game that is void of accountability and void of responsibility.2011, Perry Pokrandt, Life Lessons: What Experience Teaches Us About Success, Xlibris, published 2011, →ISBN, page 293:
Related terms
cry someone a river, nakige, wambulance

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