Verboticism: Imprimytour
DEFINITION: v. To create an impression that you have made a positive contribution, especially when related to career activities. n. A personal mark or imprint which proves that you have done something that matters.
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Pimpression
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: pimp-pression
Sentence: Johnny wanted to make a good pimpression on his new boss. So he primped his hair, and then pimped up resume with some of his most pimpressive achievements -- like sorting all of his email, or attending and several meetings in the last month and remaining conscious during most of them!
Etymology: pimp+primp+impression
Jobifact
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: jahb-eh-fakt
Sentence: Johnny left little jobifacts around the office to look like he was busy working. He would leave papers by the printer of drafts of written work, he would save and stack his telephone messages (real and made up ones, mind you) on his desk, and left emails of his work exploits. He would often start sentences like, "You know Bob, I've been thinking about this . . ." or "What's been bothering me, Florence, about the Dithers' case is . . ." He constantly asked his co-workers if he could borrow their White-Out, extra large paper clips, or staples because he just "ran out." Whenever a report came out that had his name on it, he would post it on the staff bulletin board and pin it on the walls of his tiny cubicle. In essence, Johnny didn't do much.
Etymology: Job, profession, place of work + artifact, a spurious observation or result arising from preparatory or investigative procedures
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like he was jobiquitous! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-06: 18:03:00
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Monhancock
Created by: alicat
Pronunciation: Mawn-han-cock
Sentence: Walter was 40, still working at McDonalds and wanted to leave his mark somewhere in the world. For two days he flipped the french-fry containers upside down to make Ws. In his own way, he felt that he was leaving his MonHancock on the rest of the world.
Etymology: "mon" - French of "my" and "Hancock" - as in John Hancock, or signature
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-06-15: 13:18:00
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Egosnark
Created by: pieceof314
Pronunciation: ee-go-snark
Sentence: Evan was an egosnark. Everywhere he went he would interject what his imput to the project he gave, what he would have done if he was team leader and what others did wrong. He would put his initials on everything he did or owned and often would whisper under his breath.
Etymology: ego, self + snark, snide remark
Autograught
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: aht - oh - graft
Sentence: To insure that credit was given for his contributions to any endeavor, no matter how small or insignificant, Garrison would find some clever way to autograught his personal mark on the project.
Etymology: blend of the words autograph and graft, to attach as if by grafting.
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COMMENTS:
nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-05: 16:15:00
Good one - Nosila, 2008-05-05: 21:33:00
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Kinpression
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kin pres shun
Sentence: Even though his uncle was a mob boss, Sal always tried to leave a good kinpression on others. Blood is blood and Sal reckoned that the nepotism at his being made would be outshone by the fact that he would do any job given to him. Yeah, he was happy to rub out an obstacle that his uncle felt needed whacked. That's why Sal is still out there being a citizen, secure in the knowledge that his loyalty, silence, thoroughness and relationship are secure. The theory of relativity works for Sal!
Etymology: Kin (family, group of people related by blood or marriage;a person having kinship with another or others) & Impression (a vague idea in which some confidence is placed;a clear and telling mental image)
Corporashine
Created by: otherguy
Pronunciation: kôrpəˈrāshīn
Sentence: As Joe retired he hoped that his name would be linked to a bit of corporashine. A glimmer of recognition for all the years of hard work was all he was looking for.
Etymology: corporation: a company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity + shine: be brilliant or excellent at something
Worthprint
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: WURTH-print
Sentence: Who will leave the greater worthprint: Foo, Kilroy or Johnny Bunko?
Etymology: WORTH: usefulness or importance, as to the world, to a person or a purpose & PRINT: impression or mark; to impress on the mind or memory. As a schoolboy, in the 1950s, it was a lark to write "Foo was here!" Later on he was replaced by Kilroy. Looks like now it's about to be Johnny Bunko's turn. Actually, "Johnny Bunko was here!" sounds great.
Substamptial
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: sub - stamp - shul
Sentence: There were many colleagues who thought Janelle had made a contribution to the last project; just because her intials or name appeared on all correspondence relating to it. The situation was really more substamptial than it appeared....
Etymology: substantial (significant: fairly large), stamp (to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something), sub (short for substitute)
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COMMENTS:
Good one. - Mustang, 2009-06-16: 00:32:00
Good one. - Mustang, 2009-06-16: 01:16:00
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