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DEFINITION: To submit a resume, letter of intent, or proposal for an opportunity that's just perfect for you, and then to get absolutely no response. Nothing.
Verboticisms
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Applicoldshoulder
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈæpləˌkoʊldˌʃoʊldɚ/
Sentence: For some reason, when I submitted my resume to join the Rockettes, I just got the applicold-shoulder
Etymology: From application + cold-shoulder
Curriculumvacuum
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kurr ick you lum vack youm
Sentence: His resume was sucken into the curriculumvacuum, tearing off a large chunk of his self-confidence as it sped toward the void
Etymology: curriculum vitae vacuum
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COMMENTS:
Fantastic! I think this is where I'm supposed to pull content for the class I was hired to teach this summer. Would it have killed them to get textbooks? - ErWenn, 2007-06-27: 06:40:00
All right! - Clayton, 2007-06-27: 21:04:00
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Expectashunned
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ex/pec/ta/shunned
Sentence: His hopes were high, the job description was written for him, but unfortunately he was expectashunned out of this perfect opprotunity.
Etymology: expectation + shunned
Replurgatory
Created by: Lapper
Pronunciation: rep-LURG-a-toe-ree
Sentence: Jack's manager-to-be shredded Jack's résumé before he even opened the envelope, leaving Jack in a state of replurgatory for weeks.
Etymology: A portmanteau of "reply" and "purgatory".
Flopositioned
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: flop-oh-si-shunned
Sentence: His resume was stellar, so why was he flopositioned every time he submitted it? What a poor businix decision on their part. Perhaps he should have just submitted a crapplication. Or maybe he should just stop applying to large abyssnesses altogether.
Etymology: flop, proposition
Subsnub
Created by: sboycee
Pronunciation: sub-snub
Sentence: His application was subsnubbed by the asses at the bank.
Etymology: submit + snub
Dismissappointment
Created by: administraitor
Pronunciation: dis-miss-a-point-ment
Sentence: 160 unanswered applications later, Jack D. Ripper could not fathom his run of dismissappointment. "Why don't they call me?" he whined.
Etymology: dismiss + disappoint + appointment + miss
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COMMENTS:
I like the play on words. - texmom, 2007-06-27: 22:25:00
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Frasume
Created by: missmurder
Pronunciation: frai-su-may
Sentence: It sucks when you get a fresume.
Etymology: failed+resume
Responselessness
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: rehs-pohns-lehs-nehs
Sentence: The responselessness rid him of the remaining life he had as a sanitary engineer.
Etymology: response + -less [none] + -ness [noun]
Resunay
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: reh-zoo-NAY
Sentence: Alex resunayed the entire accordion sales industry in town--perhaps moving to another state could get a response.
Etymology: resumé + nay
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COMMENTS:
I thought of the same word this AM. What a verboddity. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-27: 09:21:00
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Comments:
jrogan - 2006-10-31: 15:10:00
Dear Queeny, The proposal was good. Too bad your husband missed it...
queeny - 2006-11-01: 09:11:00
whhhhhhat?
queeny - 2006-11-01: 09:11:00
I gave it a shot!!
Clayton - 2007-06-27: 01:23:00
Fealtility
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-27: 07:04:00
Hey James, my word isn't showing up.
Nor mine.
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-27: 08:01:00
Perhaps they've been kidnapped by a nounja.
The lost words have been rescued... ~ James
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-27: 08:42:00
Oh thank goodness. They were too young to be wandering about on their own. Something appears to be wrong with the Rankings page. I see some folks who verbotomized with only 4 points.
Hey Purple, I have updated the score so that it is correct now. I will be watching it to see the Double Verbotomy introduces any other bugs ~ James
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-27: 13:54:00
Thanks James!
Clayton - 2007-06-27: 21:01:00
Hmm... my word's not there, either. No word means no votes. Not that I would've gotten any.
Clayton - 2007-06-27: 21:02:00
Never mind that last comment. Very strange.
Clayton - 2007-06-27: 21:02:00
Wait... it's missing again.
Clayton - 2007-06-27: 21:12:00
Wait... it's missing again.