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DEFINITION: v. To seek approval from your boss by emulating their style, mannerisms or affectations. n. A person who copies their boss's style in order to win favor.
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Ingratiape
Created by: administraitor
Pronunciation: in-gray-si-aip
Sentence: Ms. York was able to photocopy her fundament on "letter" at the office party, while Susan had to switch to "legal", undermining her ongoing efforts to ingratiape herself with her supervisor.
Etymology: ingratiate + ape (copy)
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COMMENTS:
this is good!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-14: 11:49:00
Nice one. - Clayton, 2007-06-14: 15:23:00
I like it. - texmom, 2007-06-14: 18:14:00
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Assinkizzor
Created by: rjk31
Pronunciation: a/ssss/kiss/er
Sentence: T was such an assinkizzor that she sucks up to every detail of Mary
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
there are too many assinkizzors! - rjk31, 2007-06-14: 15:24:00
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Auparrot
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: oh-PAR-uht
Sentence: Cornelius felt the need to auparrot Mr. Jenkin's tiresome soliloquies any time the mood struck him. Unfortunately, the mood only struck him in the shower.
Etymology: au pair + parrot
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COMMENTS:
Hey Clayton, Rikboyee's character works for Mrs. Jenkins. A pairoboss! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-14: 09:06:00
or maybe the two are a pairadox - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-14: 09:54:00
Appairently, Rikboyee is challenging me to a duo. Pair for the course. Once I de-deuced it, I realized it was no yoke. I'm certain he would twin, and I'm far too young to dyad. Pairhaps we should drink from the ceremonial doublet instead. - Clayton, 2007-06-14: 11:28:00
but you are nursing a wounded soldier - or was that shoulder - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-14: 11:46:00
Heheh. I'll have to shoulder this burden stoically, like a soldier without arms. - Clayton, 2007-06-14: 11:51:00
I suspect duplicity on someone's part, but perhaps I'm just splitting hairs. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-14: 11:55:00
How dare you speak ill of my toeses! (Sound of crickets.) - Clayton, 2007-06-14: 11:59:00
wouldn't that be splitting heirs? - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-14: 12:06:00
Hai! Dos puns of Claytons are real ni-slappers, but they deux seem a bit two forced tu me. At la-shtayim presented with an opportunity to make a total twee-b of myself and pun in as many languages as I can handle without having any iki, disgusting kaksi-dents. It-zwei-l and it's nasty, but I couldn't resist, an-dalawá-nt is tu make everyone groan at how terrible these puns èr. I've deliberately included 16 different languages, so you'll have to really be on your to's if you want to find them all. - ErWenn, 2007-06-14: 12:09:00
Wow! That was quite ErWenntertaining! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-14: 12:17:00
You wenn, er... win. - Clayton, 2007-06-14: 15:15:00
whatever happened to Cassiusclayton? - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-14: 15:51:00
http://claytoncounts.com/neato2/Cassius%20Clay%20-%20Stand%20by%20Me.mp3 - Clayton, 2007-06-14: 19:12:00
Whoops... looks like we can't post links. At least, not long ones. - Clayton, 2007-06-14: 19:12:00
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Suckupcubus
Created by: jermainechambers44
Pronunciation: Suk-up-u-bus
Sentence: Emily,now down to her last staw,saw no other way to get that promotion she so stongly felt she deserved but to become the top suckupcubus to her boss.To be the man, you got to become the man,she thought.
Etymology: Suck-up=someone who kisses someone a** to gain favor. Cubus=From the word succubus,which is believed to be a demon that controls your mind though sex.
Panderox
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: pan/der/ox
Sentence: With a vice-president position available, individuals being considered for the position panderox the boss at every possible opportunity. The secretaries have a chart keeping track of who is the biggest panderoxing fool.
Etymology: pander + xerox
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COMMENTS:
panderoxing fools = xeroxymorons - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-14: 09:23:00
Xeroxymoron... is that anything like a facsimile? - Clayton, 2007-06-14: 11:48:00
kinda... more like a folksimile. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-14: 12:11:00
maybe a fakesimile - Stevenson0, 2007-06-14: 14:29:00
Dem sounds like wack similes. - Clayton, 2007-06-14: 19:16:00
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Suckupanache
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: suhk-UH-puh-nahsh
Sentence: Her suckupanache was simply astounding because she really seemed like the spit and image of Humpty Dumpty.
Etymology: SUCK UP A NOTCH [to suck up more than anyone has ever tried before] + suck up + panache [style, fashion]
Echohead
Created by: sanssouci
Pronunciation: ek o hed
Sentence: "Sara thought that Sally, her new manager was stylish, clever and beautiful. In a vain attempt to get Sally to notice her,Sara set about becoming an echohead. Maybe that would make Sally realise how similar the both were?"
Etymology: Echo - a sound heard again near its source after being reflected. 2. A Person who reflects or imitates another. mid-14c.,personified as a mountain nymph, from ekhe "sound." The verb is from 1550s. Head - a person at the top, to whom others are subordinate, as the director of an institution or the manager of a department, the boss
Imprezidential
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: im-prez-i-den-shuhl
Sentence: Her every action, from the way she dressed to the way she spoke was designed to be imprezidential.
Etymology: impress (to affect deeply or strongly in mind or feelings) + presidential (the chief executive officer of a company, corporation, etc)
Mymickery
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: Mime-mic-er-ie or mim-ic-ory. (col. var.)
Sentence: "They say imitation is the best form of flattery to deceivery but the amount of acting out and out mymickery that went on today was beyond the beyond, Mr. Bond", said Pauline.
Etymology: An overlapping mix of 0. Mimic, can be verb or noun, one who imitates or sends up another, to engage in such behaviour. 1. My, (possessive pronoun), which doubles as an expression of exasperation (my oh my!) 2. Mime, an art-form-of-expression which impersonates a frenchman locked in an imaginary glass box who eventually finds his way out by tugging on a rope. 3. Mick, meaning Irishman as Paddy "taking the mick" by impersonating ones character by winding up or taking the piss, taking the Michael. The -ery suffix just rounds off the whole ensemble, kit and kaboodle. Alright Jack?
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COMMENTS:
Kiss me Kojac! - scrabbelicious, 2008-08-07: 05:02:00
I hate Mimes but I love your word, scrabby! - Nosila, 2008-08-07: 23:24:00
mmmmmmmmm- good one. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-08: 07:10:00
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Duplikate
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: d(y)oōpləkāt
Sentence: Katherine was so impressed by her boss that she started emulating her every move to the point that coworkers started calling her dupliKate.
Etymology: duplicate (exactly like something else, esp. through having been copied) + Kate (a shortened version of Katherine)
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COMMENTS:
love it...dupliKate! - Nosila, 2010-01-08: 14:45:00
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Comments:
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purpleartichokes - 2007-06-14: 18:10:00
Love the artwork today James! Very funny!
Thanks purple! And cheers to remistram for thinking of such a funny idea. ~ James
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Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James