Verboticism: Steporidae
DEFINITION: v. To display your power in social network by picking on the weaker members of the community. n. A person who steps on other people's toes and kicks bunnies.
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Friendquish
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: FREND-kwish
Sentence: Through unblinking, lucid eyes, The fickle gaze of friendquish, Aims its arrows at the soul Of a friendly, welcoming heart.
Etymology: Blend of FRIEND: one who is friendly towards others & QUISH (of vanquish):subdue, overcome,
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COMMENTS:
and how about squish for your etymology - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-02: 12:53:00
Agreed JBW, "squish" is much more powerful. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-02: 20:31:00
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Primabullyrina
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: preema/bal/ur/een/a
Sentence: Natasha believed she was destined to become the prima ballerina in the troupe and would relentlessly crush the feet of aspiring dancers with awkward jumps. She became known as the primabullyrina.
Etymology: bully + prima ballerina
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COMMENTS:
Bully for you... - Nosila, 2009-05-21: 23:58:00
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Snarkastigrinch
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Snar-kast-i-grin-ch
Sentence: After failing to impress the other members of the War of 1812 onelist chat group with his badly researched and spurious historical submissions. Colin sought to boost his own ego by attacking the work of others and where that failed, to make the criticisms personal. For this he was rapidly branded as a Snarcastigrinch by the rest of the group.
Etymology: Snarkastic -(Sarcastic)- The lowest form of wit. (Snarky)- Geordie form of bad-tempered. / (Grinch)- see Dr. Seuss.
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COMMENTS:
nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-02: 11:36:00
Clever blend! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-02: 20:42:00
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Alphamalevolent
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: alpha-mail-ev-a-lent
Sentence: Lex was clearly the alphamalevolent in the group as shown by the way he traumatised sweet little Angela with his bullying.
Etymology: alpha male (one who others defer to) + malevolent (harmful, injurious)
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COMMENTS:
ooh - very nice blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-02: 12:56:00
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Dreadbeat
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: dred-beet
Sentence: Behind her back, all of Sandra's social circle called her the dreadbeat as they all dreaded the malicious and mean spirited attention she would give them at parties, on Facebook and even thru emails.
Etymology: Bleand of 'dread' (horrible, terrifying) and 'beat' (to sound, as on a drum) - also, a play on the word 'deadbeat'
Blunderboss
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bləndərbôs
Sentence: Harry works for a complete blunderboss. She is so busy proving she is right that she doesn’t have time or interest in people’s feelings or thoughts. As she has stomped her way up the corporate ladder she has picked up the nickname of Thunderfoot.
Etymology: blunderbuss (a short-barreled large-bored gun with a flared muzzle, used at short range/an action or way of doing something regarded as lacking in subtlety and precision) + boss (a person in charge of a worker or organization)
Scapegoatherd
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: scape/goat/herd
Sentence: Jim established himself as the official scapegoatherd in the office. He carefully rounded up his victims from the weakest links he could find and took great pleasure in tormenting them.
Etymology: scape goat + goatherd
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COMMENTS:
Song of the day - that goatherd song from Sound of Music. YODELAAAHEEEE! Good word Jabber. - purpleartichokes, 2008-04-02: 09:56:00
Loud was the voice of the lonely scapegoatherd Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-02: 11:45:00
That's "goating" to extremes. Maybe he was the Goatfather! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-02: 20:40:00
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Blunderella
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: blun-der-EL-lah
Sentence: Ellen was known (behind her back, of course) as blunderella for her lousy social skills and the appellation was derived from her uncanny ability to immediately turn a friendly discussion into a disaster thru her mindless though unintended insults which usually targeted the most innocent of the participants.
Etymology: Blend of Blunder and the name Ella, a far fetched play on the name Cinderella.
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COMMENTS:
What happens to her at midnight??? - Nosila, 2009-05-22: 00:10:00
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Besiegious
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: beh seej ee us
Sentence: Gretta suffered from an ingrown sense of entitlement and superiority. Often she would join a group and try to quickly assess how to rise up in the ranks of coolness by selecting the weakest link. Her years in middle and high school prepared her with many opportunities to crush anyone who were not worthy of her attention and who would not be spineless followers of her entourage of cliquiness. However, this all came to a screeching halt when she decided to enter the workforce and had to make nice with all of the other employees. Her besiegious behavior was not tolerated and when she attacked the nicest person within the established office culture, she was immediately shown a different pecking order.
Etymology: besiege + egregious
Blogressor
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: blog gres sor
Sentence: In modern day terms, the Big Bad Wolf would be a blogressor intimidating those 3 Little Piggies on his blog. He'd dis their lifestyles and swear to do physical damage to their cribs, just because he could!
Etymology: Blogger (someone who communicates on a website, giving their opinion to all and sundry)& Aggressor (a confident ;someone who attacks)