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'Do you really get paid to insult people?'

DEFINITION: n. A person who insults people for a living. v. To get paid to insult your customers.

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Insultant

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: in-sult-ant

Sentence: "I have spent many years honing my insulting skills, so your suggestion that I'm ripping you off is, well, it's an insult, an aspersion, an impertinence." And so ended another negotiation over the extortionate insultant fee. "And you smell like bag of rotten mussels", she yelled as she left the building. "Quite clearly she is excellent at her job, let's get her back next time."

Etymology: consultant + insult

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terrible, useless word. I'm giving you my vote even though you don't deserve it! - galwaywegian, 2007-04-23: 06:46:00

Obviously, galwaywegian works for a very large, very successful, and very expensive insulting firm. So begrudgingly, I will follow his lead and proffer my two cents to petaj. - wordmeister, 2007-04-23: 10:08:00

petaj Thanks for the reprehensible comments. Is that the best you can do in the way of profijeering. And you call yourselves scornstars! Hmmph. - petaj, 2007-04-23: 18:45:00

I agree with galwaywegian. Your word is a boil on the verbotobutt, a verbotocyst. My vote was just pity points, don't take it too seriously. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-23: 19:23:00

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Hecklebit

AnnieChandon

Created by: AnnieChandon

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Dissservice

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: dissərvis

Sentence: The carry-out restaurant is famous for its dissservice. The workers are paid to create rude banter with their customers. If enough people ask for a particular insulter they are paid a bonus. A customer who can best a server gets a free meal.

Etymology: diss (act or speak in a disrespectful way toward) + disservice (a harmful action)

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COMMENTS:

Mrgoodtimes I like you line of thought ;) - Mrgoodtimes, 2011-03-31: 12:46:00

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Barrackowhama

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: bar rak o wha ma

Sentence: Julie was a regular Barrackowhama. Her tongue was like a rapier, her wit was sardonic and her retorts were as snide as they were deadly quick. No one ever won a verbal victory over her. Her favourite soda was Spite, her favourite cocktail was a Stinger and she enjoyed holidaying in the Vitriolic Islands. When others were cutting back, she was affronting and her favourite actor was William Hurt. Her abuse knew no boundaries and no one was exempt from her derision. She loved being scurrilious and enjoyed driving her new car, a black Invective. She could vituberate better than any Marine drill sargent and always played offense when she played high school football. Yes, Julie could revile for hours and never tire of the insults she threw around contumely like seeds of grain to the wind. Luckily her new job would allow her to use her skills and be paid well for it. She starts next week with the UN Diplomatic Corps!

Etymology: barrack (laugh at with contempt and derision) & wham (hit hard) & of course Barack Obama (for rhyming fun)

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Funny! Great etymology. - Mustang, 2008-06-30: 22:38:00

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Cussatemer

jonzerofourteen

Created by: jonzerofourteen

Pronunciation: kuss at 'em er

Sentence: Happy that she had at last found her dream job, Lisa set to work as head of Cussatemer Services at the Post Office. Lisa understood that being rude and unhelpful was essential to the smooth running of the postal service. If it wasn't for professional cussatemers like herself, then the work of every postal worker in the country would be slowed down by customers continually wanting stuff.

Etymology: Cuss (curse) + at (to or toward a goal or object) + em (abbreviation of them... 'em) + er (suffix - someone who does stuff)

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libertybelle clever! - libertybelle, 2011-03-31: 08:07:00

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Mockyoupation

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: mock-you-pa-tion

Sentence: Mary found an ideal mockyoupation in the medical field as an occupational therapist. She practiced stand up comedy while working with her patients to cheer them up and found that the laughter helped them heal faster. Thus she became known far and wide as an expert in the field of mockyoupational therapy -- the art of adding insult to injury.

Etymology: mock: to insult, tease or ridicule + occupation: line of work, vocation

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artr Like it! - artr, 2009-11-09: 06:47:00

A sense of the mockabre...I like it! - Nosila, 2009-11-09: 21:52:00

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Rickletist

Created by: poogas

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I can really keep the one-liner put-downs flying given my talents as the world's foremost Rickletist; now if I could only figure out why people would pay hard-earned money to come to shows like that.

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Backtoyourfacespeaker

cristaleo

Created by: cristaleo

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Cusstart

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kuss tart

Sentence: Moana was a real cusstart. She earned her living by insulting and swearing at people all day. It was her dream job, and she found her niche working as an abuse counsellor.

Etymology: Cuss (utter obscenities or profanities) & Tart (a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money) and Wordplay on Custard (sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen)

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Proheckler

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: prO-heck-ler

Sentence: David had a unique job. He is a proheckler, getting paid to go out to clubs heckling anyone that dares go on stage.

Etymology: professional/heckler

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-23: 00:20:00
Today's definition was suggested by an anonymous donor. Thank you for sharing! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-23: 01:39:00
Weeklink is at it again! Read Verbotoweek! A look back at last week's weirdest words and funniest comments. See the Verbotomy Blog.

playdohheart playdohheart - 2007-04-23: 07:09:00
That gentleman bears a striking resemblance to Bruce McCulloch.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-23: 09:35:00
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...

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-23: 22:38:00
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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-25: 03:20:00
Yes, it's just a bunch of moments which may, or may not be connected... ~ James

Clayton - 2007-05-13: 02:34:00
Invectivator

metrohumanx metrohumanx - 2008-07-01: 06:17:00
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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-11-09: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by wordmeister. Thank you wordmeister. ~ James