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DEFINITION: n. A person who insults people for a living. v. To get paid to insult your customers.
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Insulterator
Created by: multitasker
Pronunciation: in sult er a tor
Sentence: I used to enjoy bondage but now I prefer to use an insulterator
Etymology: Insult (to abuse verbally) + era (taking time) tor (to take part in the act of)
Ioskrenko
Created by: ioskrenko
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Etymology: Io: "I" in Italian skrenko: "slim" in Calabrese language
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)
Meanologist
Created by: Pasicheio
Pronunciation: Mean-All-Oh-Jist
Sentence: Kerru is a meanologist
Etymology: Mean; -Ologist
Belligerist
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /bəˈlɪdʒəˌɹɪst/
Sentence: "You vacuous, toffee-nosed, malodorous pervert!" shouted the belligerist at the unexpecting man who had just purchased an argument and accidentally wandered into the wrong room.
Etymology: From belligerent + -ist
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.
Profijeeror
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: prof/i/jeer/or
Sentence: She is a professional profijeeror, who makes her living at celebrity roasts.
Etymology: profiteer + jeer
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