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DEFINITION: To be unable to dodge certain "social responsibilities", simply because everyone else expects you to do it. (You were just trying to be nice, but now...)
Verboticisms
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Responsitention
Created by: ChrisCarrk
Pronunciation: re-spons-it-enshion
Sentence: Every day as he walked to and from the store, his respositention grew as the number of people who wanted lunch increased.
Etymology: responsibility+tension
Difrbint
Created by: timmy
Pronunciation: dif r b int
Sentence: Your difrbint
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Its a award winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - timmy, 2006-11-20: 17:10:00
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Orderling
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: aw-der-ling
Sentence: Although he had the potential to become a senior manager, Roger's good nature had rapidly turned him into the company orderling
Etymology: Order + Underling
Martyrvitude
Created by: bjorn
Pronunciation: MAR-ter-vi-tude
Sentence: I couldn't really feel sorry for him - it was his own martyrvitude that got him into the (unpaid) Starbucks Bitch position in the first place.
Etymology: martyr + servitude
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COMMENTS:
I couldn't really feel sorry for his predicament: it was his own martyrvitude that got him into the unpaid Starbucks Bitch position in the first place. - bjorn, 2006-11-20: 18:06:00
I couldn't really feel sorry for him - it was his own martyrvitude that got him into the unpaid Starbucks Bitch position in the first place. - bjorn, 2006-11-20: 18:07:00
whoops (sorry) - bjorn, 2006-11-20: 18:07:00
admin pls feel free to delete this and above comments - bjorn, 2006-11-20: 18:08:00
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Peersumption
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The peersumption now of my co-workers is that I'm the one to pick up the coffees.
Etymology: peer + assumption
Sulkytasking
Created by: deadpanwalking
Pronunciation: SULK-ee-task-ing
Sentence: The internship at the Late Show With Conan O'Brien was great for my career even though I spent most of my time sulkytasking errands like bringing Robert Schmiegel his daily dosage of psychotropic drugs and mustache wax.
Etymology: sulk + multitasking
Doormatitis
Created by: jaberwocky
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His doormatitis was so advanced that he couldn't refues anyone
Etymology: doormat + itis
Helprison
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: hel-pri-son
Sentence: His extreme soft-heartedenss, although not fatal, left him in a constant state of helprison, which his friends happily exploited.
Etymology: help+prison
Comments:
- 2006-11-20: 09:49:00
Great one Chris!