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DEFINITION: n. A person who insults people for a living. v. To get paid to insult your customers.
Verboticisms
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Ioskrenko
Created by: ioskrenko
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: Io: "I" in Italian skrenko: "slim" in Calabrese language
Proffender
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: pro - fend - ur
Sentence: Nick was a proffender by trade. Each time he offended someone, it was another five bucks in his pocket.
Etymology: pro, profit, offender,
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COMMENTS:
Ha! He must be a repeat proffender! - splendiction, 2009-11-09: 20:23:00
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Rudemintor
Created by: suzanne
Pronunciation: roo- them- e- mint -or
Sentence: Mary hoped her dishevelled appearance wouldn't be noticed by the ship's rudemintor. he had once described her hair as a haystack in a hurricane.
Etymology: rude - to be impolite mint - to manufacture coin. mentor - one who takes on a nurturing role towards another.
Rickler
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: RICK-LUHR (rickled)
Sentence: Forget the banker and the TV sales maven… They’re not so clever- just clumsy and craven. Worse than a sort of a mental french tickler- Is an insult received from a really sick RICKLER
Etymology: The master: Don Rickles. A stand-up and club comic for over 60 years, Rickles all but invented insult comedy.
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COMMENTS:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/ - metrohumanx, 2009-11-09: 02:23:00
You rickled my funny bone... - Nosila, 2009-11-09: 21:53:00
You are COMPOSED of funny bones, Kiddo! - metrohumanx, 2009-11-10: 04:57:00
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Crudapation
Created by: mana1066
Pronunciation: krood-ne-pay-shun
Sentence: Mistress devlyn replied,"it's just a crudapation" when asked what she did for a living
Etymology: crude+occupation
Downputter
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: dow n putt err
Sentence: She was a down putter, with special experience in ego shrinkage.
Etymology: putdown
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COMMENTS:
sounds like golf! - emmyb2, 2007-04-23: 14:18:00
That's why she was a champion golfer. All that sledging psyched out her opponents. - petaj, 2007-04-23: 18:46:00
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Capinatrix
Created by: Sed8ed
Pronunciation: cap e nate tricks
Sentence: Bonnie was employed by several wealthy business men as a capinatrix, and she truly excelled at her job.
Etymology:
Insultant
Created by: Banky
Pronunciation: in-sull-tant
Sentence: Daniel had a difficult time explaining his job as an insultant to the throngs of douchebags who would ask him about it daily.
Etymology: Insult + consultant
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COMMENTS:
Damn that was a good one! - lumina, 2008-06-30: 19:10:00
Simple, yet effective. Good word. - Tigger, 2008-06-30: 21:49:00
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Puckster
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: puck-stir
Sentence: Jill was a puckster as she insulted people for a living as well as in her spare time.
Etymology: Either of the following: Puck from "The Real World" or a hockey puck from Don Rickels
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by an anonymous donor. Thank you for sharing! ~ James
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That gentleman bears a striking resemblance to Bruce McCulloch.
I hope Mr. McCulloch isn't insulted... ~ James
ErWenn - 2007-04-23: 18:17:00
I've often noticed that the verbotoons have striking similarities to famous people. I wonder if the artist uses reference photos...
As Kurt Vonnegut said of his novels, this artwork is fiction and "All persons living or dead are purely coincidental, and should not be construed." Except of course, for the drawing of Vonnegut himself, which is meant to be who it appears to be. ~ James
ErWenn - 2007-04-24: 00:11:00
Everybody's coincidental? All 12 billion of us? I like the sound of that. And I definitely agree that you shouldn't construe anybody. It's just not nice, even if they are already dead.
Yes, it's just a bunch of moments which may, or may not be connected... ~ James
Clayton - 2007-05-13: 02:34:00
Invectivator
CONGRATS! INSULTANT is simple yet effective. I wish i could learn not to use a large word when a diminutive one will do. Economy is everything.
Today's definition was suggested by wordmeister. Thank you wordmeister. ~ James