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DEFINITION: v. To greet a person on the phone in rude or obnoxious manner, and then do your best to ignore, or talk over, whatever they say as the conversation continues. n. A person with atrocious phone manners.
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Uncivilservant
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: un siv ill ser vant
Sentence: Rudi was aptly named. She was employed by the Dept. of Political Correctness and Fair Treatment. Unfortunately she had been a transferee from the Taxation Dept. so in fact, she was an uncivilservant. She snarled into telephones, was rude with co-workers and clients and apparently hated her job. The irony was that she had more Employee of the Month and Outstanding Customer Service Awards than anyone else in her department. Can you imagine what the rest of them were like???
Etymology: Uncivil (lacking civility or good manners) & Civil Servant (a public official who is a member of the civil service)
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COMMENTS:
"Rudi" - ha! - karenanne, 2010-06-24: 13:42:00
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Uncivilservant
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: un siv il ser vant
Sentence: When April joined the Tax Dept. as an Information Officer, she was rude on the phone with all callers. SHe was a most uncivilservant. No wonder taxpayers hated April!
Etymology: Uncivil (rude, lacking manners) & Civil Servant (a public official who is a member of the civil service)
Fonethuggery
Created by: ShaniT
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The secretary was an expert at fonethuggery and had been awarded the 'Fonethug 2008' award by her company for endless bad humour, unhelpfulness and foul language whilst conducting company business.
Etymology: Fone - modern day slang for Telephone. Thug - well known definition of nasty vicious person. Thuggery - the act of being nasty and vicious.
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COMMENTS:
funny - bookowl, 2008-04-16: 15:05:00
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Telefag
Created by: anoesis23
Pronunciation: TE-le-fag
Sentence: She kept on talking over me during the call! What a telefag! So I picked up the phone and was subject to thirty minutes of telefagging from my mother in law.
Etymology: Tele (from telephone) + fag (colloqial use an extremely annoying, inconsiderate person) May be considered offensive. In fact, offense encouraged.
Cellacious
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sel-ey-shuhs
Sentence: Judy thought it was the biggest joke to send out cellacious messages on hers and friends phones. Her little prank backfired on her when she accidentally left an obscene voicemail for the head of HR for the company she used to work for.
Etymology: cell (wireless phone) + salacious (obscene; grossly indecent)
Rudeceptionist
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Rood-sepshunist
Sentence: I swear that by the way the rudeceptionist spoke to me on the phone, she thought that I was some kind of simpleton!
Etymology: Rude (Impolite,unnecessarily curt) + Receptionist(Person that answers company calls and deals with Customer service enquiries
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COMMENTS:
Love it! - Tigger, 2008-04-16: 23:05:00
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Telephant
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: tel-uh-fuhnt
Sentence: "Jane is such a telephant! I swear, once she gets on her cell her behaviour becomes telephaniccal, barking orders and screaming obscenities at some poor slob who doesn't even know who she is. Maybe she needs therapy?"
Etymology: telephone + elephant + tyrant
Telegrater
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: tele/grate/ur
Sentence: A telegrater answers the phone and then cuts the listener to shreds.
Etymology: telephone + greeter + grater
Operantor
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Opp - uhr - RANT - er
Sentence: Hildegarde hated her job as a customer service representative and took every opportunity to respond with her mean mouth operantor persona.
Etymology: Blend of operator and ranter.
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COMMENTS:
great! - bookowl, 2008-04-16: 15:04:00
Clever angle — great word! - Tigger, 2008-04-16: 23:04:00
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Phonewitch
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: phōn-wich
Sentence: Becky was an angry employee. She worked late nights at a call center with a hundred other telephone customer service representatives. It was not a job that suited her, for she was a phonewitch extraordinaire. Bitter about life in general, she took it out on the random caller who happened upon her. Sometimes she would answer, "Please hold while I finish filing my nails," or "Sorry, but we've reached our quota on stupid calls." Other times she would mumble unintelligently until the customer would hang up. When she was feeling particularly good, she would instigate arguments until the customer asked for the manager, at which she would put them on hold for a while and then get back on and pretend she was the manager.
Etymology: phone + witch : also, phonebitch
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COMMENTS:
hehehe, I wish I could do that sometimes! - pieceof314, 2008-04-16: 08:54:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by stache. Thank you stache. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by stache. Thank you stache. ~ James
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