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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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Empludgeon
Created by: nswgrove
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Bob is our most vocal empludgeon, he happily complains about everything.
Etymology: Employee+curmudgeon
Occupission
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: occu-PISS-shun
Sentence: Manny's occupission as PA in Hollywood was to be everyone's bitch and he complained about it constantly. But when confronted with quitting he always asserted, "And leave show business?"
Etymology: Occupation + Piss (as in piss and moan)
Criveleehood
Created by: chippy
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Mary makes a great criveleehood as a teacher. Her students are horrible.
Etymology: cry livelyhood
Gripeonista
Created by: Boomertoo
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He was the consummate gripeonista of the entire office.
Etymology: Gripe and the ending "onista" as loosley adopted from the Spanish, e.g. "fashionista."
Rutolazya
Created by: FayeWord
Pronunciation: rut-o-lay-zha
Sentence: Don has seen many colleagues come and go from this dead end job while he is stuck in his joyful rutolazya.
Etymology: rut; lazy (to do anything about the rut).
Occuprickick
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: ock-u-prick-kick
Sentence: With a yearning to occuplague rather than be occupied, Bob's beefs were legendary. And he certainly wasn't a workhorse, more a worknag. The thrill for him each day at the office was the occuprickick.
Etymology: Blend of the "occup" of occupation; prick: to nettle, sting, annoy, be a nuisance and "kick" to get enjoyment or a thrill from something.
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COMMENTS:
Hahaha! Actually, I like "Occuprick" better! I may need to incorporate that into my vocabulary. :D - Lolagrrl, 2007-10-18: 10:38:00
another great sentence - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-18: 13:16:00
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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
Fretoric
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛdəˌɹɪk/
Sentence: Fredrick complained all the time, but it was just fretoric.
Etymology: from fret + rhetoric
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
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 ;)