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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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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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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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Ioskrenko
Created by: ioskrenko
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: Io: "I" in Italian skrenko: "slim" in Calabrese language
Shrude
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sh rood
Sentence: Dawn Rickles was a shrude. Her shrudimentary income came from tossing insults to people who paid a lot to catch them. The more she insulted, the more she got paid. Of course, all this talent was natural for her. Growing up,her favourite novel was Dr.Heckle & Mr.Snide. Her boyfriend, Harry Ast, also had a favouritre novel, the Taming of the Shrude.
Etymology: Shrew (a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman) & Shrewd (marked by practical hardheaded intelligence) & Rude (socially incorrect in behavior;lacking civility or good manners)
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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Rickleser
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: rick + uhlls + er
Sentence: I've made an excellent living as a rickleser, you stupid moron.
Etymology: see: Don Rickles
Rickler
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: RICK-LUHR (rickled)
Sentence: Forget the banker and the TV sales maven… They’re not so clever- just clumsy and craven. Worse than a sort of a mental french tickler- Is an insult received from a really sick RICKLER
Etymology: The master: Don Rickles. A stand-up and club comic for over 60 years, Rickles all but invented insult comedy.
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COMMENTS:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/ - metrohumanx, 2009-11-09: 02:23:00
You rickled my funny bone... - Nosila, 2009-11-09: 21:53:00
You are COMPOSED of funny bones, Kiddo! - metrohumanx, 2009-11-10: 04:57:00
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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)
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
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