Verboticisms

Created by: ioskrenko

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Etymology: Io: "I" in Italian skrenko: "slim" in Calabrese language

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Created by: verysimplegame

Pronunciation: aff-runt-er-ol-o-jist

Sentence: Jillian, a reknowned affronterologist, could peel the ego off a grown man in less than 15 seconds.

Etymology: affrontery + ologist

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Created by: cristaleo

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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:

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

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Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: MOCK smith

Sentence: Kelly was a mocksmith by trade but sometimes worked odd jobs for extra money. She applied to the contempt agency and found that there were a lot more jab descriptions listed than she would have thought. They even had positions for bioenginesneers and diss-trict managers.

Etymology: mock + smith (n., one who makes or works with something); a play on the word locksmith

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COMMENTS:

Clever... - mweinmann, 2009-11-11: 11:12:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: chīdandsēk

Sentence: After the hazard warning by Consumer Reports the job of the Customer Disservice Representatives is to do their best to shift the blame for problems back on to customers. With a technique they call chideandseek, they admonish callers for not following the overly-complicated owners manual that includes such sage wisdom as using safety goggles and chain-mail gloves when using any sharp product. If guilt does*t work, the trump card is to suggest that they are passing the call to a supervisor. Of course, all this does is put them back into the maze of a phone tree system.

Etymology: chide (scold or rebuke) + hide-and-seek (a children*s game in which one player tries to find other players who have hidden themselves)

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: a/boos/dry/vur

Sentence: This morning there was a subway shut down so I had to take the bus and listen to abusedriver hurl insults at every unsuspecting passenger who tried to exit by the front doors

Etymology: bus driver + abuse

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: prof/i/jeer/or

Sentence: She is a professional profijeeror, who makes her living at celebrity roasts.

Etymology: profiteer + jeer

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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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Created by: Ellemorpheus

Pronunciation: Mal-I-nuh-tor

Sentence: Foul names cascaded from the malignator's lips as she addressed her audience.

Etymology: From Malign- to speak about somebody in a spitefully critical manner.

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