A fork of Rural Dictionary
When, after a period of one-sided sexual attraction, the uninterested person feels so sorry for the unattractive pursuer that they agree to kiss. This happens because either (a) they don't think the dweeb can take anymore rejection, or (b) they think it might pump up the poor sap's self-esteem.
Steph: I saw you kissing Lou last night. Are you seriously into him? Michelle: I feel bad the poor troll has such a high school crush on me. It was a total pity makeout.
Looking at the newsfeed on Facebook and coming accross a status update where the writer is welcoming likes or comments but no-one does. Therefore 'liking' the status, not because you actually like it but more that you sympathise with its creator.
Penelope: "Dude, did you see Karen's last status update on Facebook...?" Patty: "Yeah it was not funny at all, what was she thinking?" Penelope "I have no idea, I felt so bad for her though so I pity liked"
The action of up-voting a thread on reddit that is performing poorly out of pity.
"I wasn't going to upvote this thread, but I noticed it hardly has any upvotes, so I threw it a pity upvote".
An invitation given to someone only out of sympathy or pity. Usually given right before an event, so the other person is very unlikely to attend.
When Daryl gave us that last-minute pity invite to tonight's party, we knew he didn't want us there.