Verboticism: Obeywatch

DEFINITION: n. A type of frustration created by a manager who never notices when you work late, but always nags you for leaving early whenever you leave on time. v. To carefully monitor your subordinates to ensure that they never leave work a minute early.
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Whorology
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: whore/ol'/uh/gee
Sentence: Daphne felt that Phillip, the new manager in the Department of Silly Clocks (afternoon watch), was a bit... alarming. She frequently heard him tocking to himself outside her office door. His imprecise movements infuriated her: only yesterday he had slopped quartz and quartz of water all over her timesheet and she'd had to redo it! Lately he'd taken to fobbing his unfinished work off on her just when things should have been winding down for the day. Quite often she had to wrist-le with the urge to clock Phillip upside the head. So far she'd proven resistant, but who knew how long that would last. Sometimes she fantasized about setting her hands around his windpipe... The man never seemed to notice all the nights she stayed back, but if she left work before 6pm, he would spring forward and reprimand her. She simply had to face facts: time had changed him from a horologist to a whorologist.
Etymology: whore + horology (the art or science of making timepieces or of measuring time)
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COMMENTS:
Face it, it's crystal clear that's my kind of story...Philip obviously has not had a good movement for some time, which is bound to wind him up and make him cuckoo! You'd be ticked, too. Oh well, even a broken clock is right twice a day...Cheers - Nosila, 2008-04-23: 01:28:00
dialightful! - galwaywegian, 2008-04-23: 06:10:00
Can the hands of a clock ever clap? great sentence - ticked all the boxes - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-23: 09:01:00
Don't forget the "Ho" in horology! Luv the sentence - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-23: 17:54:00
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Bossitch
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: bos-itch
Sentence: Mr. Needler Nosey was such a bositch to his employees and only noticed what he presumed was bad behavior.
Etymology: Boss- A person in charge of the company employees. *itch- Slang for a person who complains about everything.
Micromangerment
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: micro/man/ger/ment
Sentence: Sue felt overwhelming micromangerment when her boss never saw the big picture but always obsessed about ridiculous aspects of the job like clock watching.
Etymology: micromanagement + anger
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COMMENTS:
Nice word: sorta has a "dog in the manger" feel about it! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-23: 17:42:00
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Bostard
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: bos tard
Sentence: He was a real bostard and would sit by the door watching the clock just in case some one tried to sneak out before 5:00pm
Etymology: boss + tard
Clockblock
Created by: scissorlips
Pronunciation: klahk-blahk
Sentence: Emily was frequently at work well past closing time, finishing loose ends, making up time that was perhaps wasted by her co-workers. However, Fred, her boss, was always right there; a serious pain-in-the-butt that knew nothing of her week and clockblocked her just because she wanted to beat rush hour on Friday.
Etymology: Blocking progress based on a mutually visible clock.
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COMMENTS:
mad props - daniellegeorge, 2008-04-24: 13:18:00
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Snoopervise
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Snew-per-vize
Sentence: Melody was definitely a hands on snoopervisor who monitored every aspect of her subordinates daily activities, even making note of their bathroom breaks, trips to the water cooler and time spent on the phones.
Etymology: Blend of 'snoop' (nosy person) and 'supervise' (be in charge)
Stimie
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: STY mee
Sentence: Early on in his new job, Ernest made the mistake of working late every day to catch up and to prove himself, thinking that would place him in the boss's good favor. Instead, it means that the boss, who himself doesn't usually hit the office until 10 am, has now forgotten Ernest's actual contract hours and assumes he will always be there until 7 pm. So now when Ernest decides to leave on time (5 pm) to actually spend time with his family, he is stimied at every turn by the boss's obvious disapproval. The boss likes to do such things as staring pointedly at his watch, sighing loudly and saying, "I guess I'll have to stay and finish things by myself tonight since there won't be anyone here to help," and making comments about how "people who are team players will the ones to keep their jobs when cuts are made." The funny thing is, Ernest has actually begun to feel guilty and acts apologetic as he is leaving (on time).
Etymology: time + stymie (to frustrate, hinder, or thwart)
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COMMENTS:
Truer words never spoken... - Nosila, 2010-06-29: 19:25:00
My first thought was "clocksucker" but then I figured I had already put in my share of vulgarity a couple of months ago with "dicktionary," "motherducker," and "bitchnessperson."
- karenanne, 2010-06-29: 19:40:00
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Timebeing
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: tīmbēing
Sentence: Tom works for the timebeing. That timebeing is his boss. It doesn't seem to matter how much he gets done or that he arrives early and skips lunch, closing time is closing time. Tom and his boss do a mental minute waltz as 5 o'clock approaches. The fact that the boss's office is aligned with the hallway Tom uses for his escape makes him seem something like a troll guarding a bridge.
Etymology: time (the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future) + being (a real or imaginary living creature)
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COMMENTS:
very cerebral - bookowl, 2009-06-16: 16:46:00
creepy - mrskellyscl, 2009-06-16: 16:55:00
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Minutger
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: min - ut - jer
Sentence: Clyde was a brutal minutger. No matter how many hours his employees worked, he monitored every minute that they spent going to the bathroom, eating lunch, or talking to customers. He wanted to make sure that not a minute was ever wasted
Etymology: minute, manager
Ticcompoop
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: tik-com-poop
Sentence: My boss is a real ticcompoop. He even has a ticcompooter to calculate how may seconds we spend in the washroom.
Etymology: tick + nimcompoop
