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DEFINITION: n., A person who diligently and persistently complains about their work. v., To enjoy bellyaching about your job so much that you would never consider quitting.
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Officianotso
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Uh-fishy-ah-not-so
Sentence: His complaints about the office, his work schedule and work conditions garnered him the label 'officianotso'.
Etymology: Office + not + so
Bellyyay
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: BEHL-lee-yay
Sentence: Alex plan was this: why aspire to supervising manager when he could bellyyay all he wanted as managerial supervisor?
Etymology: bellyache + yay
Breadwhiner
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bredwīnər
Sentence: As the chief breadwhiner for his family, Thomas feels trapped in a job he hates. He can moan, gripe, snivel and grumble with the best of them. Perhaps working in the complaint department isn’t the best match for him.
Etymology: breadwinner (a person who earns money to support a family) + whiner (a feeble or petulant complainer)
Jobsmartyr
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Jobs-mart-er
Sentence: Henry was such a jobsmartyr, he would endessly moan about the amount of of work he was left to do, his long suffering workmates were however not impressed, as they knew that secretly he was dreading the fact that he was rapidly approaching retiring age.
Etymology: Job(a paid position of regular employment) + Martyr(a person who exaggerates their difficulties in order to gain sympathy or admiration) = Jobsmartyr
Associacrass
Created by: pendraghon
Pronunciation: ə-ˈsō-shē-o-ˈkras
Sentence: The Associacrass of the month award goes to Jason Hill, the bearer of the water cooler, and the HR latrine lawyer of ABC, Inc.
Etymology: associate- 1: one associated with another: as a: partner, colleague b: companion, comrade 2 a: an entry-level member (as of a learned society, professional organization, or profession) b: employee, worker3often capitalized : a degree conferred especially
Jobstingrate
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: job/stin/grate
Sentence: Hal's favourite part of the day was spent jobstingrating. On weekends he felt sad and underdepreciated.
Etymology: job + obstinate + grate
Hateblove
Created by: emilylind
Pronunciation: the pronunciation of this word is the words " hate " the letter b and ' love '
Sentence: I hateblove this job .
Etymology:
Entropeeve
Created by: kabloozie
Pronunciation: EN-truh-peev
Sentence: Bob's usual ennui has really become a persistant entropeeve - I wish he'd just shut up or quit.
Etymology: Entropy:The tendency for all matter and energy in the universe to evolve toward a state of inert uniformity + peeve: cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful
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COMMENTS:
Nice simple blend. Love the sentence too! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-18: 18:24:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by brimuth. Thank you brimuth! ~ James
"occupulation" is a great word, and easy to pronounce, too.
galwaywegian - 2008-09-16: 06:29:00
hillarious!
galwaywegian - 2008-09-16: 06:29:00
oops that was meant for sisyfuss
lumina - 2008-09-18: 02:22:00
Nosila! Your "pation" fit was GREAT! NOBODY stop him! HA! Is owning a pawn shop a hockupation? Shouldn't the kid on the corner in his yellow traffic get up get paid for that blockupation? Ok, somebody slap us both... :) Congrats on the win Nose!
Today's definition was suggested by brimuth. Thank you brimuth. ~ James
wordslikevenom - 2011-06-30: 19:40:00
Vintage ;)