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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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Sycopyphant
Created by: TimTheEnchanter
Pronunciation: si-CAH-pee-fuhnt
Sentence: Everyone knew Cathy was a complete suck-up, always doing whatever the CIO, Mr. Srinivasan, wanted. But jaws hit the floor when she came into the meeting room today. She had risen to the level of complete sycopyphant, cutting her hair short, dying it black, and wearing a Nehru jacket identical to what her boss always wore. The two were almost indistinguishable.
Etymology: SYCOPHANT: a servile self-seeking flatterer + COPY an imitation or reproduction of an original
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COMMENTS:
Good word...like a psychopyphant maybe??? - Nosila, 2008-08-07: 23:26:00
Great paragrab Tim the E... - metrohumanx, 2008-08-08: 07:15:00
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Appulations
Created by: grasshopper
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COMMENTS:
for what it is worth this is not the word I wanted to use. I tried to go back a page and it saved this word. My actual word was appulatism,for what it's worth. - grasshopper, 2007-06-14: 10:39:00
You can change it! Click on your word, click on Edit, then, down the bottom you'll see Oops, I want to change the spelling (or something of that nature). (its in light lettering) - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-14: 10:46:00
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Execumime
Created by: kendriveset
Pronunciation: exec-u-mime
Sentence: Denise was such a good execumime that John could barely tell the difference between her and the boss.
Etymology: executive + mime
Brandposer
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: Bran - d - pos - er
Sentence: "Bob the Bootlicker" was multitalented to be sure, full time brown-noser and brandposer, if only he could put that kind of effort into his car washing.
Etymology: Brand - poser (sounds like brown noser)
Edmundorosape
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: ed-MUN-do-ROS-ape
Sentence: Roxie wanted to edmundorosape Mr Sanchez so perfectly, even to his love of Latin-American dancing, that she began to learn to cha-cha.
Etymology: EDMUNDO ROS: the leader, the most important person, (rythming slang, Edmundo Ros = boss, from Edmundo Ros(b 1910), a popular Latin American band leader) & APE: A dupe. to mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally; a dupe.
Assinkizzor
Created by: rjk31
Pronunciation: a/ssss/kiss/er
Sentence: T was such an assinkizzor that she sucks up to every detail of Mary
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COMMENTS:
there are too many assinkizzors! - rjk31, 2007-06-14: 15:24:00
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Copykate
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: käpēkāt
Sentence: CopyKate wants so much to be like her boss that it hurts. The trouble is that her budget for the extravagant is nowhere near his. He wears European designer suits and drives a top-of-the-line Fiat. She wears knockoffs and drives a counterfiat, a Ford Fiesta with an after-market simulant grill. The shaved head wasn’t difficult to pull off. The chest hair may take some doing.
Etymology: duplicate (exactly like something else, esp. through having been copied) + Kate (woman’s name) A play on copycat
Shtickophant
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: SHTIHK-uh-fuhnt
Sentence: When Alex suddenly worked under a new boss, his days as a shtickophant were numbered, as there was no way he was going around in stilettos and pearls.
Etymology: shtick (idiosyncrasy, gimmick) + sycophant
Copnoxious
Created by: bubbos
Pronunciation: Cop-nox-ious
Sentence: Copnoxiousness does not get you a raise Jennifer, go home.
Etymology: Copy, obnoxious - regarding themselves higher than others
Pretwinder
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: pre-twin-der
Sentence: Kimberly would have been annoyed at Zinnia's blatant pretwinding around their boss, Jared, if Kimberly wasn't sleeping with him.
Etymology: pretend + twin
Comments:
Office politics. You know it's a game. You understand the players. You've got a strategy. Now it's time to take action with Timothy Johnson's GUST -- even if that means shaving your head. Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram and Timothy! ~ James
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
By the way, Robert J. Sawyer, winner of Hugo and Nebula best novel awards, will be our featured author at Verbotomy next week. More details to follow... Check out Rob's website at www.sfwriter.com. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James