Definition of compliment sandwich

compliment sandwich

noun

• a compliment followed by criticism followed by a compliment. A technique used to - in theory - soften the blow of the criticism.

  Last edited on Oct 16 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'compliment':
backhanded compliment	Definitions include: a "compliment" with a buried insult.
Other terms relating to 'sandwich':
f*cked up like a soup sandwich	Definitions include: A mess that is unusually worthless
go make me a sandwich	Definitions include: general insulting retort to a female.
knuckle sandwich	Definitions include: a punch or hit with a first, usually to the face.
manwich	Definitions include: the sexual position of two males with another person in between them.
one sandwich short of a picnic	Definitions include: really stupid.
Pastrami Sandwich	Definitions include: A ganky-looking pussy.
sh*t sandwich	Definitions include: used to tell someone they have bad breath.
soup sandwich	Definitions include: totally messed up, like one can imagine that a "soup sandwich" would be.
two sandwiches short of a picnic	Definitions include: lacking in intelligence and/or not quite right mentally

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