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'Do you really get paid to insult people?'

DEFINITION: n. A person who insults people for a living. v. To get paid to insult your customers.

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Chideandseek

artr

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)

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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)

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Opjerkolist

Created by: MuskokaMuffin

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Heckleanjibe

Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Hek-el-an-gybe

Sentence: At the weekends Neil was the typical family guy, but when he was at work he was a real Heckleanjibe, his job was to insult people for a living and he was so successful, that they came back for more time and again. But come Friday afternoon he was almost back to his normal pleasant self again.

Etymology: Heckle(To interrupt with derisive comments and abuse) + Jibe(An insulting or mocking remark) = Heckleanjibe). See Jekyll and Hyde(has come to mean a person who may show a distinctly different character from one situation to the next.

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COMMENTS:

Great word...nowadays they's call it bi-polar or split personality, but we've all known people like him, sadly... - Nosila, 2008-07-01: 02:29:00

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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.

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Ioskrenko

Created by: ioskrenko

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Etymology: Io: "I" in Italian skrenko: "slim" in Calabrese language

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Burninatrix

playdohheart

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

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Mocksmith

karenanne

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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Clever... - mweinmann, 2009-11-11: 11:12:00

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Rudemintor

Created by: suzanne

Pronunciation: roo- them- e- mint -or

Sentence: Mary hoped her dishevelled appearance wouldn't be noticed by the ship's rudemintor. he had once described her hair as a haystack in a hurricane.

Etymology: rude - to be impolite mint - to manufacture coin. mentor - one who takes on a nurturing role towards another.

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Roastmaster

Created by: splendiction

Pronunciation: ROWST mast r

Sentence: The tinkle of silverware, plates and soft chatter faded as her roastmistress began a churling rant of barbs and insults. All her scorn and criticism for the absent enemy flamed terrific bursts of laughter among the cheery guests.

Etymology: From: roast and toastmaster.

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COMMENTS:

If it was Cheech & Chong, it would have been a Pot Roast...good word! - Nosila, 2009-11-09: 21:48:00

metrohumanx CHURLING RANT! Excellent! - metrohumanx, 2009-11-10: 11:43:00

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-23: 00:20:00
Today's definition was suggested by an anonymous donor. Thank you for sharing! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-23: 01:39:00
Weeklink is at it again! Read Verbotoweek! A look back at last week's weirdest words and funniest comments. See the Verbotomy Blog.

playdohheart playdohheart - 2007-04-23: 07:09:00
That gentleman bears a striking resemblance to Bruce McCulloch.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-23: 09:35:00
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...

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-23: 22:38:00
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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-25: 03:20:00
Yes, it's just a bunch of moments which may, or may not be connected... ~ James

Clayton - 2007-05-13: 02:34:00
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metrohumanx metrohumanx - 2008-07-01: 06:17:00
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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-11-09: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by wordmeister. Thank you wordmeister. ~ James