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DEFINITION: n. An extremely moody boss, happy one day, mad the next, happy, mad, happy, mad... v. To happily give orders one minute, then angrily yell out the opposite instructions the next. (Note: It's not because you're moody. It's because people don't listen!)

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Pschyofrenetic

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sye ko fren net tik

Sentence: When Sigmund's freund, Fritz became psychofrenetic, Sigmund knew that his psychofriendnetic behaviour would end badly. It was a real pane when Fritz became psychofinetric and hurled homself out of Freud's piture window!

Etymology: Psycho ( a person afflicted with psychosis)& Frenetic (frantic;excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion)& (any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted)

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COMMENTS:

Should be spelled Psychofrenetic...a slip of sorts...Freudian vowel trouble! - Nosila, 2009-05-29: 02:37:00

You mean that's not normal? ;-) - Mustang, 2009-05-29: 04:57:00

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Bipoleader

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: bI-pole-lE-der

Sentence: Jill exhibited the characteristics of a bipoleader at the office lectures. She is happy then sad, yelling then kind. It's a scary feeling trying to guess her next mood and prepare for a hug or a beating.

Etymology: bipolar/leader

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Schizovisor

Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Skitsovizor

Sentence: An hour ago she was quite happy, now the schizovisor has returned to the office!!

Etymology: Supervisor + Schizophrenic = Schizovisor

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COMMENTS:

nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-11: 13:20:00

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Bipolarbaron

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: bi-pole-ur-bear-un

Sentence: Randy is a bipolarbaron, ruling his staff with an iron fist one day, and a big box of warm fluffy doughnuts the next.

Etymology: bipolar, polar bear (cuz they look so cute until they're killing baby seals), baron - an important industrialist, esp. one with great power in a particular area

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COMMENTS:

I really hope my boss isn't a verbotomist. - purpleartichokes, 2008-04-10: 07:46:00

LOL!!! Good one! I haven't seen this one before~ - abrakadeborah, 2009-05-20: 03:02:00

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Alterigor

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: all - ter - ee - gor

Sentence: Samantha was usually a bubbly and very positive supervisor but there were times when a demon seemed to emerge, an alter Igor, that would turn her into a snarling creature that folks wanted to simply avoid.

Etymology: play on the term alter ego

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-10: 13:21:00

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Idstructor

Created by: shoeshineboy

Pronunciation:

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Etymology: id (seat of immediate desires) + instructor

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Hecklenchide

hyperborean

Created by: hyperborean

Pronunciation: hehk-uhl-ihn-chyd

Sentence: The boss was a real hecklenchide: one minute she would be playfully teasing, but as soon as you joined in, she would accuse you of being inappropriate.

Etymology: heckle (to try to embarrass and annoy, as with gibes.) + chide (reprimand) + inspired by Robert Louis Sevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

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COMMENTS:

mrskellyscl Great word! - mrskellyscl, 2009-05-29: 17:39:00

SHOULD BE THE DAILY WINNER - DrWebster111, 2009-05-31: 12:07:00

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Bipolarbear

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: by po lar ber

Sentence: Gretchen never knew what to expect from her moody boss...one minute nice, one minute mean. She accepted the fact that she had a bipolarbear for manager and she was a baby seal!

Etymology: Bi-Polar (manic depressive illness,something having two poles or sides) & Polar Bear (Ursa Maritimus, white bear of the North)

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Harumscaremployer

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /har-em-SKAR-em-ploy-er/

Sentence: As with most women, Greg couldn't figure out his new boss, Carole. Yesterday she had yelled at him in front of his coworkers for using the last of the printer paper, and then this morning, when he needed her to sign his expense report, she seemed about to cry, sulking as if he'd done something wrong. She'd just stopped by his desk to talk though, and for a minute Greg just sat there feeling totally bewildered. She had been smiling and complementing him, and she had even invited him to lunch. He shook his head wondering why he'd accepted the invitation. Perhaps he ought to feign an illness, he thought, but decided that he was afraid of how his boss might react to that.

Etymology: Harum-scarum - reckless or unpredictable behavior (Origin: 1665–75; earlier harum-starum rhyming compound based on obs. hare "to harass" & stare) + Employer - a boss or manager (from Old French, empleier "involve, be connected with")

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COMMENTS:

saying it made me chuckle. sorry I already spent my votes. - stache, 2008-04-10: 19:59:00

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Sybilitarian

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: sib-uhl-TAIR-ee-uhn

Sentence: Moody-go-round was an apt description of a day in the life of Roxie. Her mood slings whirled from glad, sad, mad, bad, gad, cad or faddish. She was sort of a Matahari, Mother Teresa, Catherine Medici and Phyliss Diller rolled into one mind. Futhermore, it is said that her fellow workers spoke of her managerial style as sybilitarian, with few willing to prophesize her next "mood".

Etymology: "SYBIL" a book turned into a movie(1976), tells the tale of a woman who had up to sixteen co-existing personalities & "AUTHORITARIAN."

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COMMENTS:

I love saying it. Great word! - pieceof314, 2008-04-10: 09:15:00

very nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-10: 11:29:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-04-10: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James

galwaywegian - 2008-04-10: 07:36:00
okay. That's two in a row!

remistram - 2008-04-10: 10:00:00
are you suggesting that I am the teachers pet?

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-04-10: 10:48:00
And I should also thank remistram for sending in the picture of her boss. ~ James

remistram - 2008-04-10: 11:03:00
not true, but James did hit the nail on the head, it's a perfect interpretation of my def.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-04-10: 13:35:00
I had to use two nails, because there's two heads! Are you sure that's not your boss? Maybe it's my boss? Two bosses? Oh no, my imagination running away with me again... Thanks remistam! ~ James

Tigger - 2008-04-10: 19:06:00
Ok, this woman looks like the sister of Zaphod Beeblebrox (from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, for those who don't know — a self-described 'cool guy' with two heads).

stache - 2008-04-10: 20:07:00
To be a bit of a linguweenie, I have been advised by the web site that "[My] verbotomy have been updated." Hmph.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-05-29: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James

moonquakes moonquakes - 2010-06-16: 02:38:00
haha, looks we had the same idea on this one.