Well, I honestly wasn't sure if there was hope for humans

ma·lin·gered, ma·lin·ger·ing, ma·lin·gers
To feign illness or other incapacity in order to avoid duty or work.


I think they both fit quite well.

 

BINGO!!! That was another poster (who I will not name) 's assesment of the situation. He had a friend who was similar, exagerated her mental illlnesses to get time off work.
Work is what keeps me sane, so I don't understand that.

 

Heres the webster for martyr:

1: a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
2: a person who sacrifices something of great value and especially life itself for the sake of principle
3: victim; especially : a great or constant sufferer <a martyr to asthma all his life

People use it sarcastically often though. So calling her a martyr fits.

It's just not the denotation.

 

i went to dictionary.com....
mar·tyr Audio Help /ˈmɑrtər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[mahr-ter] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
2. a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief, principle, or cause: a martyr to the cause of social justice.
3. a person who undergoes severe or constant suffering: a martyr to severe headaches.
4. a person who seeks sympathy or attention by feigning or exaggerating pain, deprivation, etc.
–verb (used with object)
5. to make a martyr of, esp. by putting to death.
6. to torment or torture.

 

OED - martyr, n



1. a. Christian Church. A person who chooses to suffer death rather than renounce faith in Christ or obedience to his teachings, a Christian way of life, or adherence to a law or tenet of the Church; (also) a person who chooses to suffer death rather than renounce the beliefs or tenets of a particular Christian denomination, sect, etc.
Formerly (as in quots. 1661, a1684) applied to Charles I by those members of the Anglican Church who regarded his execution in 1649 as an act of religious persecution; cf. martyr-king n. at Compounds 2.
In the Roman Catholic liturgy martyrs rank before all other saints.
b. ironic. A person who dies in an evil cause, or in a cause perceived as opposed to right. Usually with modifying word, as Devil's, etc. Obs.
2. a. In extended (esp. non-religious) contexts: a person who undergoes death or great suffering for a faith, belief, or cause, or (usu. with to; also with of, for) through devotion to some object.
In quot. 1667 used of a ship; N.E.D. (1905) states ‘The events of the Reformation period caused the word to be popularly associated esp. with death by fire.’
b. A person who suffers as a victim to (also by) something to the point of death. Obs.
3. A person who bears witness for a belief, esp. the Christian faith. Cf. WITNESS n. 8a. Now rare.
4. Hyperbolically or humorously.
a. A person who suffers, or behaves as if suffering, acute or extended pain, unhappiness, emotional torment, etc.; a constant sufferer (to an ailment, etc.). Also in extended use.
b. to make a martyr of: to subject to hardship or inconvenience; to sacrifice (someone) in a cause; to make a martyr of oneself: to make a real or pretended sacrifice of one's inclinations in order to gain credit.

fucking badass

 

Well I guess the OED mentions in the denotation it's used sarcastically.

I stand corrected. Like I said, fits.

 

There is hope for humans when they open a season on them too!

 

i love having online access to the OED
oh the shits and giggles i get out of using it for non scholarly work

 

I'm calling Oxford and telling!