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DEFINITION: n. A staff meeting where the boss berates the entire team because the boss is too spineless to directly confront the one person who is actually causing all the problems.
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Runzpinevous
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: run-zpahyn-voo
Sentence: The whole time they pointed fingers for the blame, I could only think how wonderful the runzpinevous was going since boss ignored the telltale fingers and we were all scolded. Boss was too scared to scold me. Hell, he scold everybody.
Etymology: rendezvous + "un"spine
Blastsembly
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: bl-asst-emm-bly
Sentence: They knew that a blastsembly was going to take place as there were mounds of catered food sitting in the conference room.
Etymology: blast (to hit with great force) + assembly (group)
Castrigate
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: kas/tri/gayte
Sentence: Because the MD didn't have the bawls to go after the main culprit, he castrigated the whole team.
Etymology: castigate + castrate
Confrontassional
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Con-front-ash-she-own-all
Sentence: The boss exhibited his usual confrontassional ineffectiveness in dealing with Melinda's poor marketing research data.
Etymology: Confrontational+ass
Inverberate
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: ihn-VURR-burr-ayt
Sentence: Alex's boss inverberated the entire staff all because Alex nicked a doughnut in lieu of breakfast at home.
Etymology: invertebrate + berate
Backbonebite
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: BAK-bohn-bahyt
Sentence: Mr. Wilkinson seized every opportunity to backbonebite. Only trouble was: being a self-employed web designer, he was the entire workforce.
Etymology: backbone + backbite
Bhitro
Created by: rahullotli
Pronunciation: bhi-tro
Sentence: our boss is a big bhitro
Etymology: konkani
Broadblasting
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: brawd-blast-ing
Sentence: Even on his last day as the CEO, Marcus was too weak-kneed to tell Bobby he was a good-for-nothing slacker. Instead he settled for broadblasting the whole team in his retirement speech.
Etymology: broadcasting + blast (vigorous outburst of criticism)
Scapeherd
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪpˌhɝd/
Sentence: In theory, picking on an entire scapeherd will cause the group to be annoyed with whoever is actually responsible, but in practice, it tends to cause everyone to get disgruntled with the person laying the blame.
Etymology: Like a scapegoat, only an entire herd.
Backlesslashing
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: bac/less/lashing
Sentence: Another backlesslashing for us today
Etymology: backless + backlashing
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Hey, does everyone realize that remistram has now submitted 50 definitions? Wow! That's creative! ~ James
Clayton - 2007-06-29: 08:37:00
Truly a *defining* moment in Verbotomy history. Heheheh... thanks, Remistram.
remistram - 2007-06-29: 09:19:00
Thanks but I owe it to my quirky family, co-workers and friends!....well, ok maybe me too!