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DEFINITION: v., To imply that person is usually unhelpful when asking for their assistance. n., An unwilling, unproductive and uninhibitedly useless helper.
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Sluggest
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: slug-jest
Sentence: At first Nan quietly sluggested that Ron may want to get off the couch and help clean the apartment. When he didn't move, she threw him, his skateboard and his 6 pack out the door.
Etymology: suggest: to imply or offer for consideration + slug: a lazy, slothful person
Lemonaide
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: lem un AYD
Sentence: The kindergarten teacher, Ms. Loving, was hoping that her new teacher assistant, Eve, would be as energetic as her previous one had been. Instead, Eve was lazy, had no initiative, and proved be more of a lemonaide. Ms. Loving took to calling her Eve Aide behind her back, because that's what Eve did every time there was a bulletin board to be made or shapes to be cut.
Etymology: lemon (something that is unreliable or doesn't work; a disappointment) + aide (helper)
Bratvery
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /brætvəri/
Sentence: * vb. (To bratver) That afternoon, Diana bratvered to her boyfriend:- "Now that you've done such a good job filling up your stomach, you should consider going to the supermarket and filling up the fridge!!" * n. (Bratvery) When she saw him pleasantly resting on the couch, she couldn't help thinking he was a complete spoiled bratvery...
Etymology: BRATVERY. Vb. n. From Brat (a child, especially a spoiled or ill-mannered one) + Bravery (the condition or quality of being brave; courage)
Yousless
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: u sless
Sentence: When she came home from a hard day at work, Sylvia, was upset to find her boyfriend, Kermit, had not only done her honey-do list, but had passed out on the couch, surrounded by 8 of his green glass bottled friends. She shouted at him that he put the you in yousless. She turfed him since he was neither functional nor decorative to keep around the house anymore.
Etymology: You (refers to the person addressed) & Useless (having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully)
Slelper
Created by: Inniscor
Pronunciation: slel-per
Sentence: "George, I asked you to give me a hand with this but you're just sitting there. You such a slelper!"
Etymology: sl(ack)+ (h)elper
Berationship
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: birāshənship
Sentence: Since his layoff from the shoe string factory Rodger*s berationship with Judy has beteriorated. His new job seems to be laying on the sofa besmirching the name of Velcro. Her new job is to bewhittle on his already-weakened self-esteem with her sharp tongue.
Etymology: berate: scold or criticize someone angrily + relationship (the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected, or the state of being connected)
Assistcant
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: uh/sist/kant
Sentence: Because of family politics and pressures and because he's out of work again, I had to hire my useless, down on his luck cousin as my assistcant.
Etymology: ASSISTCANT - noun - from ASSISTANT (someone who aids and supplements another) + CAN'T (cannot, like my cousin)
Supineman
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SOO - pin - man
Sentence: Sprawled on the sofa and unconscious to the world about him, supineman George was once again a non contributor to the days happenings.
Etymology: Supine, laying down, + man
Slobidle
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Slobb-i-dol
Sentence: When it came to being a slobidle, Jane was convinced that David had a first class degree with honours. The weekends were the worst, he would spend all day eating and drinking beer and would conveniently fall into a stupor when she uttered the words mess and tidy up.
Etymology: Slob(a lazy person, verb,to behave in a slovenly manner) + Idle(avoiding work,lazy) ORIGIN Old English empty, useless = Slobidle
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COMMENTS:
nice combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-05: 15:39:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by ChristopherAndersen. Thank you ChristopherAndersen! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by ChristopherAndersen. Thank you ChristopherAndersen. ~ James