Verboticism: Bureaucrab
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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Occupission
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: occu-PISS-shun
Sentence: Manny's occupission as PA in Hollywood was to be everyone's bitch and he complained about it constantly. But when confronted with quitting he always asserted, "And leave show business?"
Etymology: Occupation + Piss (as in piss and moan)
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.
Slitch
Created by: eileen22
Pronunciation: slitch
Sentence: That girl's such a slitch.
Etymology: sl - slacker, itch - bitch. someone who slacks and bitches.
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 what he has to do.
Etymology: whine + workaholic
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COMMENTS:
Tried to create my word on 'holic'- you came up with a goodun! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-18: 18:28:00
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Officianotso
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Uh-fishy-ah-not-so
Sentence: His complaints about the office, his work schedule and work conditions garnered him the label 'officianotso'.
Etymology: Office + not + so
Masoccupachism
Created by: Stackd
Pronunciation: mas-ok-yu-pa-kiz-uhm
Sentence: Her masoccupachism was starting to annoy her coworkers, constant complaining of her work was driving them crazy.
Etymology: combination of masochism (gratification gained from pain, deprivation, degradation, etc.) and occupation.
Fretoric
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛdəˌɹɪk/
Sentence: Fredrick complained all the time, but it was just fretoric.
Etymology: from fret + rhetoric
Dronenut
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: drone-nut
Sentence: Even though there were free donuts laid on for morning tea, Gerry and the other dronenuts huddled in the corner working hard at denigrating the company that kept them employed despite their low productivity.
Etymology: drone (1. an idler or drudge; 2. dull monotonous tone) + nut (fanatic) + donut (round like hamsters wheel)
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COMMENTS:
So true, so true! Good down-to-earth word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-18: 18:22:00
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Labomasochism
Created by: Roosje
Pronunciation: lay - boh - mas - ooh - gism
Sentence: Don't be so labomasochistic.
Etymology: labo = labour masochism = pleasure from pain