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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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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
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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COMMENTS:
Funny! Great etymology. - Mustang, 2008-06-30: 22:38:00
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Abusedriver
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
Malignator
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.
Coultergeist
Created by: skyliner
Pronunciation: Anyway you say it, it's very right.
Sentence: When I want to be harassed by a coultergeist, I'll call my ex-wife.
Etymology: From the Yahoo for Fox haunting.
Cussatemer
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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COMMENTS:
clever! - libertybelle, 2011-03-31: 08:07:00
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Customeffacer
Created by: heb319
Pronunciation: ku-stom-a-fa-ser
Sentence: The customeffacer ridiculed the client for being to cheap to buy a brand-name power tool with a 5-year warranty.
Etymology: from "customer" as well as "custom" since the customeffacer must create custom insults for individual situations. Also from the word efface, which obliterates all the joy the customer believed to have found in the "bargain."
Hexcellentician
Created by: ekath
Pronunciation: heck-sell-en-ti-shin
Sentence: It has been said that the creators of South Park are the 21st centuries' most influential hexcellenticians, narrowly snatching the title from American Idol's Simon Cowell.
Etymology: from heckle + excellent + -ician (common ending for professional careers)
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COMMENTS:
i never know what to say in these comments. but i like to see comments on my vermotocisms. so insert funny/ pat on the back response --here-- - mana1066, 2007-05-06: 23:06:00
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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