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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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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)
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.
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
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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Insultimatefighter
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: in-salt-ee-met-fie-terr
Sentence: he had a zinger for every occasion...he was a truly gifted insultimatefighter
Etymology: insult, ultimate fighter
Insulterator
Created by: multitasker
Pronunciation: in sult er a tor
Sentence: I used to enjoy bondage but now I prefer to use an insulterator
Etymology: Insult (to abuse verbally) + era (taking time) tor (to take part in the act of)
Affronterologist
Created by: verysimplegame
Pronunciation: aff-runt-er-ol-o-jist
Sentence: Jillian, a reknowned affronterologist, could peel the ego off a grown man in less than 15 seconds.
Etymology: affrontery + ologist
Vulgaressional
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: "vulgar" like vulgar, "essional" like in professional.
Sentence: He was the highest ranking vulgaressional in business - they simply called him "The Vulgarator" (but friends called him simply jonobo).
Etymology: vulgar + professional = vulgaressional
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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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