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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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Rackwhore
Created by: yaknowmay
Pronunciation: rack-whore
Sentence: the rack whore in MACYS, did everything but drop to her knees, trying to get that sales commision
Etymology:
Pushinator
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: "push" like in push + "inator" like in terminator.
Sentence: At first sight i thought he would just be an average standard legal pusher, then i had to realise that he was at least one of those new powerpusher models, but when i tried to leave the shop he showed his real potential and i finally came to the only rational conclusion left: he was the Pushinator.
Etymology: Pusher + Terminator = Pushinator.
Clurk
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: Clerk.
Sentence: That damn clurk keeps popping up out of nowhere and bugging me - no, I don't need help! Let's just go.
Etymology: clerk & lurk
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COMMENTS:
Sounds really creepy. Clurk Kent has the hightest, fastest, strongest sales record of all. - petaj, 2007-05-16: 23:12:00
I like it - surfstang, 2007-05-18: 00:48:00
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Oversellsus
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: o ver selz us
Sentence: The guy was everywhere. We were grocery shopping, in the produce aisle, when this geeky associate thrusts a box of strawberries at us and says, "Try these, they're berry nice!" We demer, but he's back 2 minutes later with green onions, saying, "Repeat after me, I'm the Italian Scallion!" He then shows us a potato ("Don't his eyes have a peel?") and a husk of corn ("Meet the kernel, he's all ears.") Finally, "Orange you as glad as I yam that you decided to turnip in my department?" and finally, "It's bean great to "C" you, you're hard to beet!" "Do you wanna date?"... At that point, I snapped and said, "Lettuce see what your Store Manager has to say about your oversellsus behavior!" To which the Store Manager replied, "Don't worry about Romaine, cos he's just trying to get a head. When he's not taking a leek here, he goes to comedy school as a caper. He wants to earn a higher celery and get a plum job. I just can't squash his dreams!"
Etymology: Overzealous (marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea) & Over (too much) & Sells Us (persuade somebody to accept something; do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood;deliver to an enemy by treachery)
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COMMENTS:
overclever! - mweinmann, 2009-12-01: 07:50:00
nice - galwaywegian, 2009-12-01: 09:48:00
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Harasshat
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: huh-RAS-hat
Sentence: As she made her way to the front of the bookstore, Gilda was cornered by resident harasshat Caleb, who wasted at least five minutes of her day calmly reassuring her that he'd been reading Baudrillard.
Etymology: harass + asshat
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COMMENTS:
love it love it love it - iwasatripwire, 2007-05-16: 12:37:00
I really need to start using this one, because I seem to run into a few each day. - Clayton, 2007-05-16: 14:49:00
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Keendean
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: keen-deen
Sentence: OMG, he was such a keendean that I legged it out the shop as soon as he turned his back. Keendeans are such a pain in the arse. They make me uncomfortable.
Etymology: Keen - eager, enthusiastic Dean - male name
Antisalesalot
Created by: kensiesfate
Pronunciation: Anti-sales-a-lot
Sentence: look over at antisalesalot, he's pushed another out the door!
Etymology:
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:
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)
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)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by iwasatripwire. Thank you iwasatripwire! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by iwasatripwire. Thank you iwasatripwire. ~ James