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DEFINITION: n. An overbearing or pushy salesperson who makes you want to leave a store rather than look around and buy something. v. To aggressively sell something to someone who doesn't want it.
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Impeddler
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: imm-PED-lur
Sentence: The impeddler was so obnoxious that I stormed out of the shop, accidentally breaking some cheap plastic products on my way out.
Etymology: impede (to obstruct or hinder) + peddler (a travelling seller of goods)
Assailsman
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ass ayls mahn
Sentence: the assailsman had no job convincing sheepish sheila it was a baahrgain
Etymology: salesman assail
Servillain
Created by: Scattercat
Pronunciation: sehr-VILL-en
Sentence: I've never been so annoyed in my life! That servillain has ruined that store for me forever.
Etymology: Servile means behaving in a fawning, obsequious manner. A villain is one who performs evil acts. Driving away potential customers through misguided devotion to the sanctity of the store seems an adequate summary of those two traits combined.
Conflograte
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kon flog rayt
Sentence: You just knew that Harvey was on commission to earn his celery the minute you walked into the produce shop where he worked. He was berry aggressive, in fact, he had bean known to conflograte the goods so forcefully, that he beet people into submission. Harvey had no pear, but had grape expectations when it came to selling. He could squash the competition's prices. People often felt so burnt by his transactions that they were chard. Harvey felt no guilt about his aggressive behaviour and continued, kumquat may.
Etymology: Conflagrate (cause to start burning) & Con (a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property;deprive of by deceit) & Flog (to promote aggressively; to force into action;to sell by whatever means)
Shopperstalker
Created by: surfstang
Pronunciation: shop/er/stalk/er
Sentence: I wasn't able to browse peacefully because the shopperstalker decided I was his next victim.
Etymology: shopper + stalker
Retailiton
Created by: daisy
Pronunciation: ree-tail-i-ton
Sentence: The retailiton followed us around the circle K as if we were going to steal something.
Etymology:
Salesjerk
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: sales-jerk
Sentence: The salesjerk at the car dealership turned the big "Sellabration" into "sellabrasion" when he kept trying to sell me a gargantuan gas guzzler that was painted green that he wanted to get rid of, even after I told him I wanted a "green car" to help the environment.
Etymology: wordplay on salesclerk -- jerk: foolish, rude or contemptible person
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COMMENTS:
Like sellabrasion too! - artr, 2009-12-01: 07:05:00
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Shopressor
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: shop-res-er
Sentence: Kevin was so excited about the prospect of someone buying one of his hand made silk shirts, that he unfortunately morphed from laid back salesman to fidgety shopressor.
Etymology: shop (to buy merchandise) + oppressor (someone who puts pressure on others)
Clejerk
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kləjərk
Sentence: Jody did a quick lap around the store to find the few items she needed trailed by the worst clejerk she had ever encountered. His ”May I help you?” came across more as an accusation than an offer of help. With a quick ”No, thank you” to keep him at bay, she grabbed what she needed and headed back to the front of the store only to be accosted in the checklout line. ”Are you sure that’s your size?”
Etymology: clerk (an assistant who sells goods in a retail store) + jerk (a contemptibly obnoxious person)
Comments:
Verbotomy - 2007-05-16: 03:36:00
Today's definition was suggested by iwasatripwire. Thank you iwasatripwire! ~ James
Verbotomy - 2009-12-01: 00:16:00
Today's definition was suggested by iwasatripwire. Thank you iwasatripwire. ~ James