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DEFINITION: v. To exercise power through the strategic use of personal insults, while pretending to offer encouragement. n. A leader who motivates people by insulting them.
Verboticisms
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Powerdissplay
Created by: guesser
Pronunciation: Power + dissplay
Sentence: To powerdissplay your employee in front of your customers is an awful thing to do.
Etymology: Power (of a boss)+ Diss (slang --> to put down + play (display)
Mastard
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: MAS-terd
Sentence: H. Clancy Pettigrew was a mastard of insultimate penuriousadism. His misanthrapaciousness was rivaled only by his truculentertaining friendishness.
Etymology: master + bastard
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COMMENTS:
Interestingly, there is a rhetorical term for the art of insulting people without them knowing it: Charientism. Traditionally it means "the act of stating something objectionable in an agreeable manner." - Clayton, 2007-06-12: 08:25:00
I love this sentence. It's a cornucopious assemblerection of tonguetwisting verbsmithery. - petaj, 2007-06-12: 08:41:00
I get it from years of reading Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty. Please don't tell anyone! - Clayton, 2007-06-12: 08:48:00
you're secret's safe with me. - jadenguy, 2007-06-12: 10:01:00
Nooooo! The only way three people can keep a secret is if two of me are already dead! Now I'll have to start reading other lunatics with undying affinities for pointless displays of frantic hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism. - Clayton, 2007-06-12: 10:11:00
Wow! love the sentence - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-12: 15:00:00
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Procurstinator
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: pro_CURS-tin-ayt=er
Sentence: Elaine was a hard core procurstinator, using insults that she dressed up as compliments in order to motivate her staff.
Etymology: Blend of prefix 'pro' (for, or positive) and 'curse' (v. to swear or condemn). Play on the word procrastinator
Sublimhate
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: SUHB-lihm-hayt
Sentence: Alex, unaware of the powers of sublimhation, couldn't understand why he always felt worse after his boss's "pep talks".
Etymology: subordinate + subliminal + sublimate + hate
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COMMENTS:
oooo, an irony fisted word! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-12: 13:19:00
Excellent word. - ErWenn, 2007-06-13: 00:34:00
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Cowhoperate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: co - WHOP - ehr - ayt
Sentence: Hillary delighted in using her status as supervisor to cowhoperate with her subordinates, employing seemingly sweet outpourings of sympathy for their problems while delivering sarcastic and crude insults.
Etymology: Blend of cooperate and whop...( A sudden sharp, powerful stroke)..verbal in this case
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COMMENTS:
Ouch! Cuts me to the quick. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-05: 07:19:00
I read that as Cow + Operate which i think is a perfect word for such office bovines - pungineer, 2008-08-05: 10:56:00
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Insultivate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: in sul tiv ayt
Sentence: When Joan Collins played Alexis Carrington on "Dynasty", she regularly would insultivate the other actors. They were sure that the vixenish Joan was using reverse psychology on them to improve their performances and make their reactions to her onscreen more lifelike. They never did realize that Joan relished abusing them, thanks mainly to another Collins always in her dressing room...frequent stiffeners of Tom Collins.
Etymology: Insult (to treat, mention, or speak to rudely) & Motivate (to give an incentive for action)
Zingersatzpur
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: zih-nger-zatz-purr
Sentence: Berta fired zingersatzpurs out of his mouth at 200 zingersatzpurs per minute at her lover, just like any professional zingersatzpurs would. She ended her wild volley of insults with, "Keep on doing that and I will love you for the rest of my life."
Etymology: [German... LOL. i keed, i keed] (insult) zinger + ersatz (false) + spur (encourage)
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COMMENTS:
I am both frightened and elated by this word of yours. - Clayton, 2007-06-12: 10:03:00
Glad to know you're having mixed emotaunts! - ohwtepph, 2007-06-13: 08:48:00
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Humiliaid
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: hyoo/mil/ee/eyd
Sentence: Under the guise of motivating her sales team, Jenny would humiliaid every salesman in the department because she was a power tripping bitch.
Etymology: HUMILIAID - verb - from HUMILIATE (to cause a person a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity) + AID (to give help or assistance)
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COMMENTS:
Stalinesque salesladies slander slouches. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-05: 07:16:00
Wow ! Perfect - as for example a "a sweet verbal lashing" - Wordotwist, 2008-08-05: 09:29:00
Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-06: 04:56:00
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Goaddigger
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: gode/dig/ur
Sentence: Our new MD is such a goaddigger that he simultaneously hurls insults and backslaps with lightening speed, "Builds moral" he screams as he steps over a flattened colleague
Etymology: goad + digger (supervisor) + gold digger (bully, vixen, tease)
Winsult
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: win sult
Sentence: When Alxis wanted to motivate her top sales people, she used reverse psychology on them. She'd treat them so badly and abased them, that they would prove her wrong by outdoing themselves. Their success was their best revenge on her. Her winsult approach opened up a whole new career for her on the self-help book and lecture circuit.
Etymology: Win (be successful, attain a goal) & Insult (treat, mention, or speak to rudely)
Comments:
The second step in Timothy Johnson's GUST process is Understanding. And apparently, based on the number of definitions we received on this topic, everybody understands what it is like to have a bad boss. Today's definition was suggested by ohwtepph , suzanne, and remistram. Thank you ohwtepph, suzanne, remistram, and Timothy! ~ James
lumina - 2008-08-07: 13:49:00
Wow! So fun and an honor to have come up with the "winning" word. "I'd like to thank the Academy, my parents and of course Jesus." ha Thanks to the voters! (she says as the music starts playing and the tap dancing man with the hook from the gong show comes into view...)
Today's definition was suggested by ohwtepph. Thank you ohwtepph. ~ James