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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!)
Verboticisms
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Angriapipipidaaeei
Created by: balku4
Pronunciation: an-gree-pi-pi-pi-dey
Sentence: my boss is really witout mention in the whole world including my family meembers to the max is angriapipipidaaeei
Etymology: angry and happy
Schizofrantic
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: skit-suh-fran-tik
Sentence: To say that Bill's boss doesn't deal with stress well is an understatement. Put a deadline in front of her and she becomes completely schizofrantic, alternately shouting encouragement and yelling at the crew to hurry up. By the time anything gets done, everybody is too exhausted, too frazzled to enjoy the accomplishment.
Etymology: schizophrenic (a state characterized by the coexistence of contradictory or incompatible elements) frantic (desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied)
Simonlegrief
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: si-mehn-leh-GREEF
Sentence: At times the boss was pleasant to the point of being syrupy but everyone knew that would be short lived and that he would once again become the slave driving tyrant, causing them much grief and they jokingly called him Simonlegrief....behind his back, of course.
Etymology: Play on the name of the fictional slave driver Simon Legree blended with 'grief'.
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COMMENTS:
Cute... - Nosila, 2009-05-29: 18:08:00
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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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Thebroodymuse
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: the/brewdy/mews
Sentence: The brainy office manager's mood was so unpredictable that we referred to him as thebroodymuse.
Etymology: brood + muse + moody blues
Bipole
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: bye-pole
Sentence: My old boss was a bipole, so hard to read.
Etymology: Short noun based on "bipolar."
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)
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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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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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
Comments:
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?
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.
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.
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
haha, looks we had the same idea on this one.