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DEFINITION: v., To share your feelings with a customer service representative by using a perceived product deficiency to express your own sense of inadequacy and/or deep seated rage against the world. n., An irritating or annoying customer.
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Flustomer
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: flus toh mer
Sentence: Working in retail, I've had many a flustomer in my face!
Etymology: Fluster (angry, upset) + Customer (one who buys things from someone else)
Cursetomer
Created by: logarithm
Pronunciation: kursstəmər
Sentence:
Etymology: From 'customer' - a person or company that buys goods or services; and 'curse' or 'cuss' - to utter obscenities or profanities.
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COMMENTS:
Or, better still, 'cusstomer', where the 'cuss' is pronounced with extra hissing sound. - logarithm, 2008-11-17: 05:53:00
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Creepsumer
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: creep/zoom/er
Sentence: The worst job at Sears is the product return desk which attracts one creepsumer after another.
Etymology: CREEPSUMER noun - from CREEP (an annoyingly unpleasant, or repulsive person) + CONSUMER (one that acquires goods, or services for direct use )
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COMMENTS:
Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-13: 16:51:00
Excellent - Mustang, 2008-11-13: 22:36:00
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Crusstomer
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: cruss/tum/ur
Sentence: All clerks manning the crusstomer service counters should be equipped with IPODS playing soothing music with positive reinforcement lyrics.
Etymology: customer + crusty (irritable) + cuss (slang for curse)
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COMMENTS:
Shades of "Crusty the Clown." Nicely blended. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-13: 16:53:00
Good word - TJayzz, 2008-11-14: 04:21:00
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Tyranuservicevex
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: TYE-ran-UH-suhr-VIS-veks
Sentence: Bob, at first, an irebuyer, quickly became an tyranuservicevex, scowling at the brow, when his local cheesemaker decided to decrease the size of the holes in the emmentaler.
Etymology: Blend of TYRANUS; SERVICE & VEX. Loosely based on Tyranusaurus Rex. This creature is probably the most famous and most fearsome predator of all times (Cretaceous, 85-65 million years ago), its name meaning 'terrible king lizard'. VEX: To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble;
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COMMENTS:
wonderfully wacky - love it - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-13: 14:47:00
Very clever! - Mustang, 2008-11-13: 22:36:00
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Whinexpert
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: whyn ex pert
Sentence: John came into the venders every week, bought 2 bottles of the chaepest plonk he could find and then complained about them next week. He was quite the whinexpert and grew so annoying, the finally barred him from the shop.
Etymology: Whine (complain in annoying manner) & Wordplay on Wine Expert (oenophile;connoisseur)
Buyerliar
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: byer lyer
Sentence: Randy could always tell when the full moon approached...all the buyerliars in town came into his store to vent their spleens.
Etymology: Buyer & Liar
Fauxnystud
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: fo - nee - stud
Sentence: Once again Edmund displayed his fauxnystud persona by making a huge fuss over a very small problem wih a purchase.
Etymology: Fauxny(phony) + stud (macho guy)
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COMMENTS:
Roared with laughter ... good one! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-16: 07:59:00
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Creepsumer
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: creep/zoom/er
Sentence: The worst job at Sears is the product return desk which attracts one creepsumer after another.
Etymology: creep + consumer
Consuminad
Created by: missyfrose
Pronunciation: con-soo-min-ad
Sentence: That consuminad has some serious self-esteem issues. Don't consuminate to me, I'm not your therapist!
Etymology: consumer, inadequate
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James