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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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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
Indignatary
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: in-dig-nuh-tair-ee
Sentence: Sue is a professional indignatary, seizing every opportunity to publically insult people.
Etymology: indignant, dignitary
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COMMENTS:
Nice. Politely insulting. - wordmeister, 2007-04-23: 09:55:00
playful - emmyb2, 2007-04-23: 14:18:00
Excellent as usual. - ErWenn, 2007-04-24: 00:13:00
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Heckleanjibe
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Hek-el-an-gybe
Sentence: At the weekends Neil was the typical family guy, but when he was at work he was a real Heckleanjibe, his job was to insult people for a living and he was so successful, that they came back for more time and again. But come Friday afternoon he was almost back to his normal pleasant self again.
Etymology: Heckle(To interrupt with derisive comments and abuse) + Jibe(An insulting or mocking remark) = Heckleanjibe). See Jekyll and Hyde(has come to mean a person who may show a distinctly different character from one situation to the next.
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COMMENTS:
Great word...nowadays they's call it bi-polar or split personality, but we've all known people like him, sadly... - Nosila, 2008-07-01: 02:29:00
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Burninatrix
Created by: playdohheart
Pronunciation: bur-nin-a-trix
Sentence: I pay my burninatrix to follow me around and insult me and I pay another dude to walk around and say "Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrn" after every insult.
Etymology: Burn-insult; dominatrix-a woman paid to be the powerful one in a sexual relationship
Insultant
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: inn sull tannnt
Sentence: She was an insultant and she loved her mockupation
Etymology: consultant, insult
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COMMENTS:
Excellent word! I wanted to use this one! - splendiction, 2009-11-09: 15:30:00
Just the word I would have thought of if I had thought of it. - artr, 2009-11-09: 17:15:00
Great word...wonder what they pay for a job like that???? - Nosila, 2009-11-09: 21:50:00
perfect word....great gig, if you can get it! - mweinmann, 2009-11-11: 11:13:00
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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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Promiliater
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: pro - MIL - ee - ait - er
Sentence: Hannah is a vicious promilitater, caring only for the 'bottom line' on her pay stub while cheerfully reducing those she targets to a blubbering shamed state.
Etymology: Blend of professional and humiliate(er)
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.
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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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