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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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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
Epithetier
Created by: thewbert
Pronunciation: 'e-p&-"thet-E-A
Sentence: When I insulted his mother, I had no idea he was an epithetier.
Etymology:
Chideandseek
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)
Dissservice
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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Donrickles
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: don/rik/ls
Sentence: Elaine heard there was an opening for a donrickles at her neighborhood Y. It was in the psychology department three nights a week. All she had to do was show up at the "Who Stole My Self-Esteem" meetings and pretty much be herself. She decided it was perfect for two reasons. One, it was part-time and her nights were free, and two, she always considered herself a "people person."
Etymology: Don Rickles: Became known as an insult comedian by learning to respond to hecklers.
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COMMENTS:
Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-30: 19:52:00
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Abusologist
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: uh-buse-awl-uh-jist
Sentence: Bergen Community College has a full-time ABUSOLOGIST on it's staff. Her unending tirade of snide remarks ensures an atmosphere of academic fear and dismay.
Etymology: ABUSE- a mean-spirited attitude -OLOGIST-one who has devoted a lifetime of study....
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COMMENTS:
Don't do any favors.
Don't volunteer your opinion.
Don't co-operate with ANY department.
James Sternick - metrohumanx, 2008-06-30: 17:44:00
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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.
Contemptibubble
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: con/tempt/ee/bubble
Sentence: Frank lived in his own world of insult and opprobrium. He had become so efficient at being a contemptibubble that he could fire off single word salvos and drop a person at fifty paces.
Etymology: contempt (scornful of) + bubble (as in living in an enclosed world of your own)
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