Verboticism: Admoanistration
DEFINITION: n., A person who diligently and persistently complains about their work. v., To enjoy bellyaching about your job so much that you would never consider quitting.
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Admoanistration
Created by: wordslikevenom
Pronunciation: ad-moan-is-tration
Sentence: As soon as the lights went up and the last customer left the theatre, Gerry made straight for the vacuum cleaner. "Man! This job f*cking sucks", he thought to himself in yet another moment of admoanistration. Cleaning between the isles he noticed the goo on the back of seat D4. "Good grief! I pity the poor sod who was sitting in front on HIM". Being the janitor of a porno cinema had it's benefits but this wasn't one of them.
Etymology: Administration - tasks needed to control the operation of a plan. Moan - What you do when the train is late AGAIN.
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Bellyyay
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: BEHL-lee-yay
Sentence: Alex plan was this: why aspire to supervising manager when he could bellyyay all he wanted as managerial supervisor?
Etymology: bellyache + yay
Unfulfillbert
Created by: crmow
Pronunciation: un-ful-fil-burt
Sentence: Jack was such an unfulfillbert, all he did was complain about how unsatisfied he was with his job.
Etymology: unfulfilled + dilbert
Whinaholic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: whin/a/hol/ic
Sentence: My boss is a major whinaholic about his job. Our hours are 8:30 - 5:00, but he arrives at 7:30 and leaves at 5:30 so he can smooze and cruise with the staff, but never stops bitching about all that he has to do.
Etymology: WHINAHOLIC - noun - from WHINE (snivel, or complain in a self-pitying way) + WORKAHOLIC (One who has a compulsive and unrelenting need to work)
Jobstingrate
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: job/stin/grate
Sentence: Hal's favourite part of the day was spent jobstingrating. On weekends he felt sad and underdepreciated.
Etymology: job + obstinate + grate
Employeeofthemoanth
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: em-ploy-ee-ov-the-mohnth
Sentence: she was well-known throughout the office for being an employeeofthemoanth
Etymology: moan, employee-of-the-month
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-18: 13:14:00
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Industragripe
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: in-dus-tra-gripe
Sentence: After 30 years at her government job, Alma gradually had become a professional industragripe.
Etymology: industry (work) & gripe (complain/moan/bitch)
Sisyfuss
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sisəfəs
Sentence: John loves to sisyfuss about how he is overworked. He likes to complain about his co-workers. He enjoys kvetching so much that he started a number of Facebook groups; My boss is an idiot, work sucks, and Bitchers Anonymous. It*s one of the few things that get him out from under his rock. It gives him a sense of power he doesn*t get at work. He was practically giddy the day he ignored his boss*s friend request.
Etymology: Sisyphus (in Greek mythology - the son of Aeolus, punished in Hades for his misdeeds in life by being condemned to the eternal task of rolling a large stone to the top of a hill, from which it always rolled down again) fuss (a protest or dispute of a specified degree or kind)
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COMMENTS:
You are terrific! - mrskellyscl, 2010-02-15: 06:09:00
It works on so many levels - the fuss + the reference to Sisyphus, but also it has "sissy" in it. - karenanne, 2010-02-15: 17:20:00
It works on so many levels - the word "fuss" + the reference to Sisyphus, but also it has "sissy" in it. - karenanne, 2010-02-15: 17:20:00
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Pissinmoanivator
Created by: Lolagrrl
Pronunciation: piss-n-moan-eh-vay-tor
Sentence: Terry has been with the company for 13 years now. Nobody's really sure what her job is other than pissinmoanivating everyone about her boss.
Etymology: "Piss and Moan" + "Motivate"
Rutolazya
Created by: FayeWord
Pronunciation: rut-o-lay-zha
Sentence: Don has seen many colleagues come and go from this dead end job while he is stuck in his joyful rutolazya.
Etymology: rut; lazy (to do anything about the rut).