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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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Antisalesalot
Created by: kensiesfate
Pronunciation: Anti-sales-a-lot
Sentence: look over at antisalesalot, he's pushed another out the door!
Etymology:
Shadohmizer
Created by: guesser
Pronunciation: shad-O-mizer
Sentence: Our Local Car Dealership is know to only hire shadohmizers.
Etymology:
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)
Guestopo
Created by: whipspeak
Pronunciation: geh-stah-poh
Sentence: The dealership was crawling with Guestopo and I had to get out of there before I was spotted. They have ways of making you buy.
Etymology: Gestapo: the German state secret police during the Nazi regime + Guest: visitor or patron + stop: to interrupt, arrest, or check
Salesgrater
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: SALES-grey-ter
Sentence: I was all excited to look at the latest styles they got in last week - but then their salesgrater started following me around and I had to get out of there.
Etymology: Sales (as in salesperson) + Grate (to annoy or rub the wrong way.. also a play on the standard 'sales-greeter' label for sales people charged with greeting every customer')
Merchuntiser
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: merch - hunt - izer
Sentence: Stanley was a Sears merchuntiser. Once he saw a potential customer, he tailed them throughout the store waving his arms and talking about the benefits and low cost of every item the customer walked past. Sometimes people bought things just to get rid of him.
Etymology: merchandiser, hunter
Floorstalker
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: floor/stalk/er
Sentence: Commissioned salespeople are licensed floorstalkers who creep me out of the store.
Etymology: floorwalker + stalker
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COMMENTS:
We have a winner! - Clayton, 2007-05-16: 14:57:00
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Floorstalker
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: floor/stalk/er
Sentence: Commissioned salespeople are licensed floorstalkers who creep me out of the store.
Etymology: floorwalker + stalker
Asswholesaler
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: all hoel say lor
Sentence: He suggested to the asswholesaler that he park his car of the week somewhere it was anatomically impossible to so do.
Etymology: asshole wholesaler
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COMMENTS:
:) - Nosila, 2011-04-20: 21:34:00
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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