N.
1. One who does not understand
how to deal with the public.
2. One who speaks in compassionate terms until crushing people's hopes.
3. One who drinks substantial amounts of a beverage bearing the same name.
4. One who never gives direct answers to any specific questions.
V.
1. To string people along and then crush their spirits.
2. To evade and
obfuscate.
3. To use
bad humor in inappropriate contexts.
4. To lie.
--The
mayor can't say when
road construction is going to finish, and he won't tell us how much it costs. What a
Labatt.
--Your girlfriend left you right after you proposed? Obviously, she was pulling a Labatt on you.
--Hey, you sure you didn't take my wallet? You're not Labatting with me, are you?
--The general Labatted the enemy to great effect during the war.