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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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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: petaj
Pronunciation: in-sult-ant
Sentence: "I have spent many years honing my insulting skills, so your suggestion that I'm ripping you off is, well, it's an insult, an aspersion, an impertinence." And so ended another negotiation over the extortionate insultant fee. "And you smell like bag of rotten mussels", she yelled as she left the building. "Quite clearly she is excellent at her job, let's get her back next time."
Etymology: consultant + insult
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COMMENTS:
terrible, useless word. I'm giving you my vote even though you don't deserve it! - galwaywegian, 2007-04-23: 06:46:00
Obviously, galwaywegian works for a very large, very successful, and very expensive insulting firm. So begrudgingly, I will follow his lead and proffer my two cents to petaj. - wordmeister, 2007-04-23: 10:08:00
Thanks for the reprehensible comments. Is that the best you can do in the way of profijeering. And you call yourselves scornstars! Hmmph. - petaj, 2007-04-23: 18:45:00
I agree with galwaywegian. Your word is a boil on the verbotobutt, a verbotocyst. My vote was just pity points, don't take it too seriously. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-23: 19:23:00
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Occupationalhazeard
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: occu/apy/shun/al/hyz/ard
Sentence: Joan was an occupationalhazeard and lived for the thrill she got from her endless put downs.
Etymology: occupational hazard + haze (humiliate, ridicule) + ardor (zeal)
Rickletist
Created by: poogas
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I can really keep the one-liner put-downs flying given my talents as the world's foremost Rickletist; now if I could only figure out why people would pay hard-earned money to come to shows like that.
Etymology:
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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Proheckler
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: prO-heck-ler
Sentence: David had a unique job. He is a proheckler, getting paid to go out to clubs heckling anyone that dares go on stage.
Etymology: professional/heckler
Batecher
Created by: thefreewheeler
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The children winced when they learned their sub was that batecher Miss Thomson.
Etymology: French "bad teacher"
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