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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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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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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
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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Profijeerer
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: prof/i/jeer/or
Sentence: Jenny is a professional profijeerer, who makes her living at celebrity roasts.
Etymology: PROFIJEERER - noun - from PROFITEER (someone who makes a profit on the sale of difficult to obtain goods) + JEERER (someone who jeers, or mocks, or treats someone with contempt)
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COMMENTS:
Like it a lot- fab word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-30: 08:15:00
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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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Ioskrenko
Created by: ioskrenko
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: Io: "I" in Italian skrenko: "slim" in Calabrese language
Mocksmith
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: MOCK smith
Sentence: Kelly was a mocksmith by trade but sometimes worked odd jobs for extra money. She applied to the contempt agency and found that there were a lot more jab descriptions listed than she would have thought. They even had positions for bioenginesneers and diss-trict managers.
Etymology: mock + smith (n., one who makes or works with something); a play on the word locksmith
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COMMENTS:
Clever... - mweinmann, 2009-11-11: 11:12:00
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Jobloquist
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: JOB-lo-queest
Sentence: Roxie's success as a jobloquist was just the beginnning of her plans for a worldwide franchise of Insultoriums. "Just imagine" she said to Bob. "We could train Crapenters to care for Building Industry workers, especially plumbers; Jivesqwawkers for musicians and entertainers and Fleermongers for doomsday prophets." Bob loved the idea of making squillions, but was concerned at a growing trend in Roxie's behaviour of "bringing her work home."
Etymology: JOB: Employment & OBLOQUY: reproach, vile, evil speaking, revilement& IST:practisers. COGNATES:JOBLOQUY, JOBLOQUISTER
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COMMENTS:
The possibilities are endless.....slurfing the net? - Mustang, 2008-06-30: 23:07:00
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Proffender
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: pro - fend - ur
Sentence: Nick was a proffender by trade. Each time he offended someone, it was another five bucks in his pocket.
Etymology: pro, profit, offender,
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COMMENTS:
Ha! He must be a repeat proffender! - splendiction, 2009-11-09: 20:23:00
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Insultant
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: inn sull tant
Sentence: She graduated from head telephonist in the complaints depaertment, to HR chief, before leaving the firm to set up her own insultancy
Etymology: consultant, insult
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by an anonymous donor. Thank you for sharing! ~ James
Weeklink is at it again! Read Verbotoweek! A look back at last week's weirdest words and funniest comments. See the Verbotomy Blog.
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