Verboticism: Alienistic
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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Depestic
Created by: deaninc
Pronunciation: d-pest-ic
Sentence: being depestic is physically draining
Etymology: the combincation of depression and pessimism
Employvent
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: em-ploi-vent
Sentence: His endless employvent forced his co-workers to wear their Ipods whilst at work which eventually led to their termination not his.
Etymology: employment + vent (as in to express out loud)
Whinoworker
Created by: kimbo123
Pronunciation: whine-o-worker
Sentence: He goes to work everyday, but is such a whinoworker to his fellow employees.
Etymology:
Moanerlisa
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: mone-er-LEE-sah
Sentence: Lisa's workmates had dubbed her with the nickname 'moanerlisa' not only for her penchant for whining thru the day about her job but also for the wry smile she constantly wore while griping.
Etymology: Blend of words 'moaner' (one who complains or expresses pain) and Lisa, a woman's name. Play on the name of the painting, Mona Lisa
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
Whinaholic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: whin/a/hol/ic
Sentence: My boss is a major whinaholic about his job. Our hours are 8:30 - 5:00, but he arrives at 7:30 and leaves at 5:30 so he can smooze and cruise with the staff, but never stops bitching about all that he has to do.
Etymology: WHINAHOLIC - noun - from WHINE (snivel, or complain in a self-pitying way) + WORKAHOLIC (One who has a compulsive and unrelenting need to work)
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
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Empludgeon
Created by: nswgrove
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Bob is our most vocal empludgeon, he happily complains about everything.
Etymology: Employee+curmudgeon
Employeeofthemoanth
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: em-ploy-ee-ov-the-mohnth
Sentence: she was well-known throughout the office for being an employeeofthemoanth
Etymology: moan, employee-of-the-month
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-18: 13:14:00
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