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DEFINITION: n. A type of frustration created by a manager who never notices when you work late, but always nags you for leaving early whenever you leave on time. v. To carefully monitor your subordinates to ensure that they never leave work a minute early.
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Streptoclockus
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: streptəkläkəs
Sentence: As a new manager Tom has a bad case of streptoclockus. He watches every minute of his new subordinates workdays as if each second was being pulled from his soul.
Etymology: streptococcus (a bacterium of a genus that includes the agents of souring of milk and dental decay, and hemolytic pathogens causing various infections such as scarlet fever and pneumonia) + clock (a mechanical or electrical device for measuring time)
Chronaumatize
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: chrawn - AUWM - uh - tyz
Sentence: Edgar had developed the annoying habit of perching where he could see all his workers as quitting time approached and he would attempt to chronaumatize anyone who even looked as though they might be trying to sneak out a few minutes early.
Etymology: Blend of chronometer (clock) and traumatize.
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COMMENTS:
I know people like that - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-23: 09:03:00
Lumberg!!! - scissorlips, 2008-04-23: 10:58:00
Lumberg,indeed! Nice blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-23: 17:45:00
Lumberg it is! Uhhh, what or who is Lumberg? Or dare I ask? LOL - Mustang, 2008-04-23: 20:00:00
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Nitticker
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈnɪtˌtɪkɚ/
Sentence: I don't mean to be a nitticker, but when you say that my pizza will be here in 30 minutes or less, do you mean from now, or from the time I called?
Etymology: from nitpicker + tick (as in a clock)
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COMMENTS:
great word ErWenn - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-23: 14:46:00
Very good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-23: 17:48:00
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Tickoff
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: tick - off
Sentence: We turn a blind eye to staff showing up early to work but we are rigorous about tickoff procedures and plan to appoint a manager to ensure that all staff are ticked off in an efficient and pleasant manner.
Etymology: tick (of the clock) off (as in off home, sign off, off the clock) ticked off (pissed off) tick off (cross off the list as each subordinate leaves the office)
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Clockants
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: klok-ants
Sentence: Angie had been working late for the past few weeks without any complaint or second thought. That is, until she had to leave on time to get home to fix dinner for her fiance's parents. She was clockant as she tip-toed past her boss's office. Breathing a sigh of relief when she cleared the doorway, she looked up and he was right in front of her. "Leaving, are you?" he said in a snooty voice. She pretended not to hear him and slipped out the door.
Etymology: clock, a device for noting the time + ant
Clockstalk
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: klok/stawk
Sentence: Jim, our obnoxious, irritating, micro manager, clockstalks every employee ensuring that they give 110% of their working time to the company.
Etymology: clock + stalk
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COMMENTS:
Great word with many applications. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-23: 17:47:00
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Whorology
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: whore/ol'/uh/gee
Sentence: Daphne felt that Phillip, the new manager in the Department of Silly Clocks (afternoon watch), was a bit... alarming. She frequently heard him tocking to himself outside her office door. His imprecise movements infuriated her: only yesterday he had slopped quartz and quartz of water all over her timesheet and she'd had to redo it! Lately he'd taken to fobbing his unfinished work off on her just when things should have been winding down for the day. Quite often she had to wrist-le with the urge to clock Phillip upside the head. So far she'd proven resistant, but who knew how long that would last. Sometimes she fantasized about setting her hands around his windpipe... The man never seemed to notice all the nights she stayed back, but if she left work before 6pm, he would spring forward and reprimand her. She simply had to face facts: time had changed him from a horologist to a whorologist.
Etymology: whore + horology (the art or science of making timepieces or of measuring time)
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COMMENTS:
Face it, it's crystal clear that's my kind of story...Philip obviously has not had a good movement for some time, which is bound to wind him up and make him cuckoo! You'd be ticked, too. Oh well, even a broken clock is right twice a day...Cheers - Nosila, 2008-04-23: 01:28:00
dialightful! - galwaywegian, 2008-04-23: 06:10:00
Can the hands of a clock ever clap? great sentence - ticked all the boxes - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-23: 09:01:00
Don't forget the "Ho" in horology! Luv the sentence - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-23: 17:54:00
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Latekeeper
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: lātkēpər
Sentence: The rule at Jill’s office is to calculate time cards in 15-minute increments. What that often means is that her boss, will engage her in a conversation for 14 minutes past her scheduled work day. The other trick that this latekeeper will employ is to wait until he hears the click of the time clock to exit his office to ask for a progress report on her various projects.
Etymology: late (doing something or taking place after the expected, proper, or usual time) + gatekeeper (a person or thing that controls access to something)
Theagonyoftheexitsee
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: the/agony/and/the/exit/see
Sentence: Every Friday the staff suffered from theagonyandtheexitsee as they tried to creep past Hal the monitor.
Etymology: the agony and the ecstasy + exit + see
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COMMENTS:
Clever word compilation! - mrskellyscl, 2009-06-16: 16:53:00
Love it! - Nosila, 2009-06-17: 01:36:00
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Clockblock
Created by: scissorlips
Pronunciation: klahk-blahk
Sentence: Emily was frequently at work well past closing time, finishing loose ends, making up time that was perhaps wasted by her co-workers. However, Fred, her boss, was always right there; a serious pain-in-the-butt that knew nothing of her week and clockblocked her just because she wanted to beat rush hour on Friday.
Etymology: Blocking progress based on a mutually visible clock.
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COMMENTS:
mad props - daniellegeorge, 2008-04-24: 13:18:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
stache - 2008-04-23: 22:10:00
slackervisor looks a little like hank hill.
daniellegeorge - 2008-04-24: 13:17:00
clockblock is genius
- 2008-07-27: 19:30:00
nice words
bob - 2008-07-27: 22:57:00
nice stuff!
wordmeister - 2008-07-27: 23:43:00
Timely words today
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
Where is everybody today? Vacations galore?
monkey88 - 2011-11-18: 01:36:00