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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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Pissinmoanivator
Created by: Lolagrrl
Pronunciation: piss-n-moan-eh-vay-tor
Sentence: Terry has been with the company for 13 years now. Nobody's really sure what her job is other than pissinmoanivating everyone about her boss.
Etymology: "Piss and Moan" + "Motivate"
Alienistic
Created by: verygoodmood
Pronunciation:
Sentence: As a former alien, I know that in the beginning most of people coming to our country for good have “Alienistic Mentality”, "Alienistic Feelings", they take advantage of the country’s benefits, grabbing what they can grab avoiding giving back. Later however, it often changes, but not always unfortunately.
Etymology: Alien + istic
Employmenagaddictomist
Created by: maryamwebster
Pronunciation: employ-men-NAG-a-dictomist
Sentence: "Hazel is such an employmenagaddictomist, but she'll never leave Consolidated - she likes her office chair too much."
Etymology: Employment, gainful work, Nag meaning to kvetch and complain, addict, one who is addicted to the preceding, -omist ending indicating a set prediliction
Admoanistration
Created by: wordslikevenom
Pronunciation: ad-moan-is-tration
Sentence: As soon as the lights went up and the last customer left the theatre, Gerry made straight for the vacuum cleaner. "Man! This job f*cking sucks", he thought to himself in yet another moment of admoanistration. Cleaning between the isles he noticed the goo on the back of seat D4. "Good grief! I pity the poor sod who was sitting in front on HIM". Being the janitor of a porno cinema had it's benefits but this wasn't one of them.
Etymology: Administration - tasks needed to control the operation of a plan. Moan - What you do when the train is late AGAIN.
Moandrone
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mone drone
Sentence: Sherry was a moandrone. She endlessly complained about everything at work. Her peers called her Moana Lot behind her back and many had told her she should quit if she hated it so much. But truth is, despite it all, she had found the perfect job at the distillery. She was now officially called a whine taster...
Etymology: Moan (complain,indicate displeasure/discomfort) & Drone (an unchanging intonation;someone who takes more time than necessary, lags behind)
Moanitor
Created by: pungineer
Pronunciation: Moan/it/tor
Sentence: Joan was a classic moanitor, the whole office knew she always volunteered to organise the staff day out just so she would have even more material for her non stop complaining
Etymology: Moan: the sound a complainant makes Monitor: a person with special duties such as giving out milk
Unfulfillbert
Created by: crmow
Pronunciation: un-ful-fil-burt
Sentence: Jack was such an unfulfillbert, all he did was complain about how unsatisfied he was with his job.
Etymology: unfulfilled + dilbert
Stafflocoffice
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: staf/low/cawf/iss
Sentence: People are constantly trying to avoid the stafflocoffice - her whining is very contageous.
Etymology: staff + staphlococcus + office
Slitch
Created by: eileen22
Pronunciation: slitch
Sentence: That girl's such a slitch.
Etymology: sl - slacker, itch - bitch. someone who slacks and bitches.
Depestic
Created by: deaninc
Pronunciation: d-pest-ic
Sentence: being depestic is physically draining
Etymology: the combincation of depression and pessimism
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 ;)