Verboticism: Counterassistant
DEFINITION: n. An overbearing or pushy salesperson who makes you want to leave a store rather than look around and buy something. v. To aggressively sell something to someone who doesn't want it.
Counterassistant
Created by: katytee
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Tired of being trailed round the store by counterassistants, Ed resolved from that moment to do all his shopping online in his underwear and eating pizza , free to scratch himself and 'look a bit too scruffy for Jenners' to his heart's content.
Etymology: Someone offering counter-productive assistance (Counter + assistance, with a nod in the direction of persistent)
Points: 526
Comments: Counterassistant
Scattercat - 2007-05-20: 19:34:00
It rolls from the tongue lightly...