Verboticism: Boutiquery
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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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
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Assking
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: ass king
Sentence: On his shoulder, the huge brassy button said in big letters: assistant manager. Therefore, everyone was asstounded and asstonished to hear Stu Pid, assking, "Do you work here?"
Etymology: ASS, KING, ASKING. Asking redumbdant (redundant) questions makes one an assking. ASS - offensive term that deliberately insults somebody's intelligence. KING - the greatest and most powerful leader of a people who are united by a common tie, in this case, by their level of intelligence. ASKING - to question.
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COMMENTS:
Very funny! And very good! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-27: 04:18:00
Well there's an Ass----,Klutz---- and a Moron---- for today...we're all in the same mood :) Good one there! - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-27: 05:36:00
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-27: 12:24:00
I know Stu....worked with him....tried to avoid him...couldnt. - Mustang, 2009-03-28: 03:32:00
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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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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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Cusdumber
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kuhs-duh-mer
Sentence: If there is anything that a store clerk hates, it has to be the cusdumber who can't seem to do anything without asking a stupid question or making an ignorant statement. "Do you work here?" "This item is scratched (they just scratched it). Can I get a discount?" The only hope is if they get just a little dumber, they might forget to breath or how to get to to the store.
Etymology: customer (a person who purchases goods or services from another) + dumb (lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted)
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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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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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
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).