Verboticism: Prattoo
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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Mycreditation
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: my-cred-eh-TAY-shun
Sentence: Vernon wanted to make sure that everyone knew about his contributions to various programs that succeeded whether or not due to his efforts, and he found ways to engage in mycreditation, managing to put his 'stamp' on paperwork or other things that would surely draw attention toward him.
Etymology: Blend of 'my' and 'accreditation' (to ascribe or attribute to)
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COMMENTS:
Talkin' 'bout mycreditation (Who said that) - Jabberwocky, 2009-06-15: 13:20:00
The Who's on first... - Nosila, 2009-06-15: 14:17:00
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Winpression
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: win press shun
Sentence: Freddy wanted to make his mark at the Moonlight Auto Body Shop. He knew he was smarter and more personable than the other guys and way more ambitious. He knew that someday he would run the company. The surest way to make a winpression was the easiest and none of the others had even thought of it. He courted and married the boss' very homely daughter and made a great winpression on his boss that secured his future permanently.
Etymology: Win (win something through one's efforts) & Impression (a clear and telling mental image or a vague idea in which some confidence is placed)
Grafeatee
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: graf feet ee
Sentence: Johnny left his mark all over town. By using an aerosole can as his ink, he had managed to touch every public area. When he was finally arrested, his claim to fame was that he had produced the most grafeatee in the town's history.
Etymology: Grafitti (drawing/writing on public property that expresses social mores or just plain vandalism) & Feat (a notable achievement)
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
Remarkabull
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: re-mark-a-bull
Sentence: Johnny's work was remarkabull. He was more interested in impressing his supervisors and coworkers with his abilities than actually doing the work.
Etymology: (play on remarkable) remark: take notice of, observe + mark: evaluation/visible stroke or imprint/impression or outward appearance + able: qualified, capable + bull: attempt to mislead by talking nonsense, first four letters in a vulgarism referring to the excrement of a male bovine meaning unacceptable behavior
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COMMENTS:
Totally Believabull...worked with many guys like Johnny! - Nosila, 2009-06-15: 14:23:00
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Tinfluence
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: tin flu ens
Sentence: Johnny utilized his tinfluence on the student elections by spray-canning his name and motto on any surfaces in the school. "Johnny Bunko for Graffiti Monitor" proved very successful for him.
Etymology: Tin (can;airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.) & Influence (shape or influence; give direction to)
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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Marksallot
Created by: d1420
Pronunciation: mahrks uh-lot
Sentence: Looking to also leave a genetic marksallot on the National Basketball Association, Wilt "The Big Dipper" Chamberlain scored with 20,000 women during his basketball career in hopes that a small fraction of the potential offspring would bounce into the NBA.
Etymology: mark(s) = evidence of the influence or involvement of somebody or something + allot = to appropriate for a special purpose *also see Marks-A-Lot to gain further clarity
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COMMENTS:
Verey nice. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-06: 17:57:00
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Nascentag
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: NAY-sent-AG
Sentence: Twas only a week that he’d worked in our shop- And his legend loomed large though he just pushed a mop. His Achievements were nil, but he still had to brag- So he festooned the halls with his crude NASCENTAG.
Etymology: NAScent+SCENt+TAG= NASCENTAG.....NASCENT: coming or having recently come into existence; Latin nascent-, nascens, present participle of nasci to be born.....SCENT: an odor left by an animal on a surface passed over, effluvia from a substance that affect the sense of smell; Middle English sent, from Anglo-French sente, from sentir.....TAG: a graffito in the form of an identifying name or symbol; Middle English tagge; akin to Middle Low German tagge, tacke twig, spike .
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COMMENTS:
ARS LONGA
VITA BREVIS - metrohumanx, 2009-06-15: 09:18:00
very poetic - Jabberwocky, 2009-06-15: 13:18:00
very good - Mustang, 2009-06-16: 03:15:00
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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
