What word describes someone who says they are doing something out of the goodness of their heart but then later thows it up in your face?
2006-10-03 05:37:19 · 11 answers · asked by SUNSHINE 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
i can't find the word now but i used it alot in the 90s when i knew a guy who did things because of the goodness of his heart then would use it against you later when he wanted something.
i called him a user... ...... oh dam it sorry... i'm sure when i come up with the word this query will have been resolved...
hypocrite is not the correct word by the way.
charlatan is closer.. still not the word i used... but my friend who also suffered this guys' wrath used that word alot.
2006-10-03 05:49:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you don't mind occasionally being accused of racism, the term that we used for that in the past was an 'indian-giver'. It means someone who gives you a gift but then wants it back, or otherwise gives it to you under false pretenses.
Thus the implied racism comes from the concept that indians are false in this way. The term arose when aboriginal Americans lent things to settlers who thought they were gifts and then got angry when the natives would want them back.
'Hypocrite' might work, but it tends to have a different flavour. Normally a hypocrite is someone who pretends to believe something that they don't. So in this sense they might be pretending to be generous. But it doesn't seem quite right to me.
I sometimes refer to such behaviour as 'mercenary'. In that they are giving you something, but it's not REALLY free - they are expecting something back in return, if only the right to social one-upsmanship.
2006-10-03 06:10:36 · answer #2 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hypocrite!
2006-10-03 05:48:25 · answer #3 · answered by Judy K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scoundrel.
2006-10-03 05:42:57 · answer #4 · answered by ponyboy 81 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
manipulative. this person was lying from the start to look good, then keeps it as ammo. A good deed is never owned.
2006-10-03 05:46:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ex-Mother-in-law= Bi..h!!!
2006-10-03 05:41:37 · answer #6 · answered by Tammy G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hypocrite, although whited sepulcure comes to mind as well
2006-10-03 05:39:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
two-faced, back-stabbing
2006-10-03 05:46:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hypocrit
2006-10-03 05:38:11 · answer #9 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
manipulative
2006-10-03 05:46:15 · answer #10 · answered by appalachianlimbo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋