Verboticism: Inquisidolt
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
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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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)
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
Moronicretailist
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: more-ron-ik-re-tail-ist
Sentence: Teddy was in the video store perusing through the latest video games when he saw a lady in a red and white uniform with a name tag of Pamela. Teddy asks,"hey do you work here Pamela?" Pamela stared hard at the man and under her breath she called him a "moronicretailist" and points to her Action Video name tag and says,"Well let me see...I'm in Action Video in this ridiculous red and white uniform talking to cutomers and you see my name tag clearly showing I work here and you called me Pamela! "So sir, what can I help you with? "Teddy asks Pamela,"are these the latest video game releases?" Pamela just points to the big red sign right in front of the kiosk where Teddy was already looking...that clearly spells out "latest video games." She shakes her head and walks off mumbling..."that "moronicretailist" must never get out of the house!"
Etymology: Moron;disused term for a person with a mental age between 8 and 12, slang for a stupid person. Retail; Retail comes from the French word retaillier which refers to "cutting off, clip and divide" in terms of tailoring (1365). It first was recorded as a noun with the meaning of a "sale in small quantities" in 1433 (French). Its literal meaning for retail was to "cut off, shred, paring".[2] Like the French, the word retail in both Dutch and German (detailhandel and Einzelhandel respectively) also refer to sale of small quantities of items. Ist; added to retail to show one who buys retail merchandise.
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COMMENTS:
good one - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-27: 12:23:00
Thank you very much Jabberwocky :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-27: 22:43:00
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Boutiquery
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: bow-teek-qwery
Sentence: His boutiquery was likely a sad excuse for a pick-up line but she didn't mind - she liked his slacks.
Etymology: boutique + query
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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Interrograte
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: in TER ro GRATE
Sentence: As Emma would pose her redundant and asinine questions to wait-staff, store-clerks, and other service industry employees, it became clear she was posing in more ways than one. She would interrograte these poor unsuspecting workers with her snobvious questions to show her tiny bit of power over them. Then she would quickly send them off to answer to her whims. One day we sat at a restaurant table where there was a buzzer to bring the waiters. She had them come about ten times. “Is this water in this jug? Are these organic lemons? Is the coffee fresh? Freshly ground? What is that song playing on the radio right now? Does your boss also own the franchise across town?” She just wouldn’t stop.
Etymology: INTERROGATE: GRATE: to get on someones nerve; irritate
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COMMENTS:
like it kate - galwaywegian, 2009-03-27: 10:45:00
It's a grate word! - Nosila, 2009-03-27: 13:10:00
Great blending! Clever! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-28: 15:30:00
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Retaildundunce
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: re tayl dun duns
Sentence: Chad was what we call a retaildundunce. He'd come into the store, approach a clerk who was obviously wearing a uniform, complete with name tag and ask them if they worked here? He did this in every department he went into and yet he never bought anything or asked about our merchandise. It turned out that Chad was a "Mystery Shopper" who was hired by an agency to check on our customer service levels. How did we find out what he did? When our security department apprehended him, under his jacket he wore a uniform complete with name tag that said, "Chad, Mystery Shopper!" DUH!
Etymology: Retail (the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale) & Redundant (repetition of same sense in different words; use of more words than required to express an idea) & Dunce (these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence)