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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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Backlesslashing
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: bac/less/lashing
Sentence: Another backlesslashing for us today
Etymology: backless + backlashing
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
Breprimand
Created by: Lapper
Pronunciation: BREP-ree-mand
Sentence: Even though the EIC knew Johnson had slipped up on the reports, he gave the whole department a firm breprimand regarding its "inefficiency" so as to keep Johnson's vital funding as long as possible.
Etymology: Broad and reprimand.
Spreadblameconclave
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: spred blaym con clayv
Sentence: He avoides the spreadblameconclave for the obvious reason.
Etymology: spread - share blame - responsibility conclave - meeting
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)
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
Inverteberating
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: in-ver-tuh-bee-ray-ting
Sentence: Every Wednesday morning, my boss holds an inverteberating. Last week, the gals were included in his tirade for leaving the light on in the men's room.
Etymology: invertebrate, berating
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COMMENTS:
Wonderful! - Clayton, 2007-06-29: 07:25:00
great word purple - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-29: 11:59:00
I have noticed over time that you and I seem to have similar tastes. - mplsbohemian, 2007-07-01: 15:00:00
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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.
Clusterbluster
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kluss terr bluss terr
Sentence: He went into the team meeting determined to give Rosie a good dressing down, but when she sashayed in, all eyelashes and cleavage, he decided a clusterbluster was the best option.
Etymology: cluster bombing, bluster
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COMMENTS:
his nervousness made it a clusterblunderbluster... - Alchemist, 2007-06-29: 10:52:00
Alchemist, I think that is referred to as a flusteredclusterblunderbluster. To be reamed out by Dolly Parton - bustyclusterbluster. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-29: 11:39:00
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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
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!