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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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Salesdouche
Created by: Paulefinch
Pronunciation: sails-doosh'
Sentence: I was going to buy a few new cds, but the salesdouche just made me want to leave.
Etymology: salesman+douchebag
Commisher
Created by: DaddiezGyrl
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The commisher bombarded me as I entered the store.
Etymology: Combo of commission and pusher
Clejerk
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: cluh-JURK
Sentence: Alex dropped his job as soon as he discovered he was required to be a clejerk, squirting cologne at people.
Etymology: Someone who begins coming off like a clerk and ends up being more a jerk.
Salesmanacle
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: sails/man/akl
Sentence: He was such a salesmanacle that I had to spin around in the revolving doors twice to get free
Etymology: salesman + manacle
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)
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)
Antishoppest
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: ann-tee-shawp-pest
Sentence: If Rudy saw any antishoppests around he would hide in the changeroom until the coast was clear.
Etymology: anti-shop-pest
Pusherman
Created by: BemaSelf
Pronunciation: Push-r-man
Sentence: I can't stand that store. The pusherman always makes me rush to buy something.
Etymology: Pusher, Man
Mischanthrope
Created by: zrotv
Pronunciation: mĭs'chən-thrōp
Sentence: bobby did want to offend the customers. But whenever he saw people casually perusing he was filled with a mischanthropic urge to demonstrate his favorite products. Mischanthropy was the only sales tactic he was capable of, blathering and rambling a high pressure sales at every opportunity. Sometimes he would try to avoid customers who looked as though they did not need assistance, but he could rarely contain his urge to wave strawberries in their faces. He was a true mischanthrope.
Etymology: mis (bad) + merchant (latin: mercari "to trade") + thrope (Latin: anthropos "man." as in misanthrope)
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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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by iwasatripwire. Thank you iwasatripwire! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by iwasatripwire. Thank you iwasatripwire. ~ James