Verboticism: Interrograte
DEFINITION: v. To ask someone who is clearly in a store uniform, perhaps on a ladder creating a display or running a cash register "Do you work here?" n. A person who doesn't know how to ask for assistance in a retail store without asking a stupid question.
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Klutztomer
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: klutz tum err
Sentence: The klutztomer is always riot
Etymology: customer klutz
Klutztomer
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: klutz tum urrrr
Sentence: trying to keep this particular klutztomer satisfied was like trying to herd cats
Etymology: customer klutz
Klutztomer
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kluhtz tom errrrrr
Sentence: If another klutztomer asked him if he was the manager despite his large laminated photo I.D, has $500 dollar suit, his genuine crocodile shoes and his hide briefcase, he would cut out their liver and bring it home to mother for dinner.
Etymology: customer, klutz
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COMMENTS:
LOL Mine is a MORON and yours is a KLUTZ! Everybody is being hilarious on this word :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-27: 05:17:00
muchly enjoyed the humor in your sentence and your word - funtastic! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-28: 15:35:00
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Staffinvection
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: staff in vek shun
Sentence: When George the patient asked the man in the hospital with the white scrubs; the stethoscope, mask and chart whether he worked there as he took George's vitals, he got himself a case of staffinvection.
Etymology: Staff (employee) & Invection (. An expression which inveighs or rails against a person) & Wordplay on Staph Infection (A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, usually occurring in grapelike clusters and causing boils, septicemia, and other infections).
Duhblivious
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: duh-BLIV-yuss
Sentence: Germaine was so bad about overlooking the obvious and asking lame questions his friends had labeled his lame practice as duhblivious and even that was something that got by him.
Etymology: Blend of 'duh' (used to express annoyance at banality, obviousness, or stupidity) and 'oblivious' (unmindful; unconscious; unaware)
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COMMENTS:
Duhlicious word, Mustang! - Nosila, 2009-03-27: 13:12:00
perfect! - mweinmann, 2009-03-27: 14:46:00
Good one! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-27: 23:59:00
Awared winning word! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-28: 15:11:00
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Stupormarketing
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: stoo + por + mark + keting
Sentence: As a retail clerk, Jonah could vouch for all of the stupormarketing that is occurring in his town. It is difficult for him to reign in the sarcasm when asked if he works in the store while he mops up a spill or stocks the shelves from a pile of boxes.
Etymology: Stupor (the lack of critical cognitive function) Supermarket( A large self-service retail market that sells food and household goods) marketing (shopping at a market)
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COMMENTS:
heh - galwaywegian, 2009-03-27: 10:45:00
stupendous! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-28: 15:42:00
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Jackask
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: jack-ass-k
Sentence: Jill wandered around K-mart looking for help with door hinges. Eventually she went to the service desk to ask a question. The assistant called over the speaker system "Hardware to the service desk, Hardware to the service desk". When the hardware expert appeared at the service desk, Jill made a total jackask of herself saying "do you work here?"
Etymology: jackass (fool) + ask + K (as in kmart)
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COMMENTS:
laughing out loud...great word - mrskellyscl, 2009-03-27: 08:58:00
super word - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-27: 12:24:00
Hilarious! THanks for such great word! - splendiction, 2009-03-28: 11:14:00
Easy to remember, meaning apparent, great blending, clever pun, ... Superb Won! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-28: 15:32:00
thanks all - petaj, 2009-03-30: 06:40:00
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Parleyfool
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: parh-lee-foolh
Sentence: This is a true story. It must be documented! During the 70s, while a hippie, wandering around Quebec, nervous about having to speak what little French I had absorbed in high school, I stuck my head into the door of a pub somewhere near Sherbrooke and spoke to a row of men sitting in semi-darkness at the bar, "Parlez-vous Francais?" They turned in unison, like a row of cows, and mooed, "Ooouui." Needless to say, I let the door slam shut and was too mortified to correct myself. What a parleyfool I was...
Etymology: Combining PARLEY, a discussion (from Fr. parler, to speak) + FOOL. Could be spelled ParlerFou!
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COMMENTS:
Cute story. :) - kateinkorea, 2009-03-27: 23:55:00
Enjoyed your sentence. Your create is a great blending plus a great fun pun on parle vous, too! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-28: 15:41:00
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Customoron
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kəstəmôrän
Sentence: ”It must be National Idiot Day” Debbie said to herself as one customoron after another took up the challenge of asking the stupidest question. ”Do you work here?” was beat out by ”Is this stuff (on the clearance table) on sale? She can’t wait to see what they come up with today.
Etymology: customer (a person or organization that buys goods or services from a store or business) + moron (a stupid person)
Excusemebutt
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: ex-kuse-mee-but
Sentence: Karla was still stinging about losing her job at the securities firm when she started her shift at the discount store. Not only did she have to give up her salary and benefits, but instead of having a latte with the girls in mailing she was stuck with spending her days trying to communicate with the idiot teenagers who worked there. On top of everything else she was ready to take a swing at the next excusemebutt that came up to her to see if she was an employee when she was obviously wearing a disgusting brown shirt with a moronic pink and orange logo on it. They would look directly at her name tag and say, "Excuse me, but, do you work here?" She wanted to scream,"Do you really think someone would intentionally go out of the house in this shirt?"
Etymology: Excuse: pardon, forgive; Butt: (slang) buttocks
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COMMENTS:
Very funny! - splendiction, 2009-03-28: 11:12:00
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