Verboticism: Goaddigger
DEFINITION: v. To exercise power through the strategic use of personal insults, while pretending to offer encouragement. n. A leader who motivates people by insulting them.
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Philantriolic
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: f'-lan-TREE-uhl-ik
Sentence: Although seemed always seeming warm and friendly, it was not her mellow mien, but her canditoxic philantriolic tongue that told the true tale of her feelings.
Etymology: Blend of PHILANTHROPY: Love of humankind in general. Something, such as an activity, intended to promote human welfare; thoughtfulness; benvolent. & VITRIOLIC: Biting, bitter or caustic; having or expressing strong and unpleasantly negative feelings; -- of speech or feelings.
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COMMENTS:
Yikes! Bad Candy kills. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-05: 07:14:00
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Condemnagog
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: kun-dem-ah-gog
Sentence: At the meeting, we counted six insults proffered by Frank, the condemnagog, including one subtle double-slam on the presenter's mentor.
Etymology: condemn, demagog
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COMMENTS:
How appropriate. This actually happened yesterday. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-12: 05:20:00
wasn't magog a god of war as well? Even moooore appropriate. - galwaywegian, 2007-06-12: 06:24:00
He went presentimental over the attack on his advisor. - petaj, 2007-06-12: 07:54:00
Love it! Really splendid. - Clayton, 2007-06-12: 08:30:00
Excellent! - ErWenn, 2007-06-13: 00:35:00
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Cowhoperate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: co - WHOP - ehr - ayt
Sentence: Hillary delighted in using her status as supervisor to cowhoperate with her subordinates, employing seemingly sweet outpourings of sympathy for their problems while delivering sarcastic and crude insults.
Etymology: Blend of cooperate and whop...( A sudden sharp, powerful stroke)..verbal in this case
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COMMENTS:
Ouch! Cuts me to the quick. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-05: 07:19:00
I read that as Cow + Operate which i think is a perfect word for such office bovines - pungineer, 2008-08-05: 10:56:00
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Leadersnip
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: lee - dur - snip
Sentence: Patricia knew how to practice leadersnip. This skill was honed over a period of time as a manager in the Marketing Department at Pepper Hill Cosmetics. All good ideas were her own and if someone else started to believe in their writing skills a bit too avidly, Patrice knew how to snip their copy - - and them down to size; thus yielding a better slogan authored by "herself"
Etymology: leader - a person who demonstrates the ability to motivate and manage people. snip - cut, reduce or chide
Zingersatzpur
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: zih-nger-zatz-purr
Sentence: Berta fired zingersatzpurs out of his mouth at 200 zingersatzpurs per minute at her lover, just like any professional zingersatzpurs would. She ended her wild volley of insults with, "Keep on doing that and I will love you for the rest of my life."
Etymology: [German... LOL. i keed, i keed] (insult) zinger + ersatz (false) + spur (encourage)
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COMMENTS:
I am both frightened and elated by this word of yours. - Clayton, 2007-06-12: 10:03:00
Glad to know you're having mixed emotaunts! - ohwtepph, 2007-06-13: 08:48:00
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Humiliaid
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: hyoo/mil/ee/eyd
Sentence: Under the guise of motivating her sales team, Jenny would humiliaid every salesman in the department because she was a power tripping bitch.
Etymology: HUMILIAID - verb - from HUMILIATE (to cause a person a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity) + AID (to give help or assistance)
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COMMENTS:
Stalinesque salesladies slander slouches. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-05: 07:16:00
Wow ! Perfect - as for example a "a sweet verbal lashing" - Wordotwist, 2008-08-05: 09:29:00
Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-06: 04:56:00
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Sublimhate
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: SUHB-lihm-hayt
Sentence: Alex, unaware of the powers of sublimhation, couldn't understand why he always felt worse after his boss's "pep talks".
Etymology: subordinate + subliminal + sublimate + hate
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COMMENTS:
oooo, an irony fisted word! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-12: 13:19:00
Excellent word. - ErWenn, 2007-06-13: 00:34:00
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Lambastard
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: lamm bass tarrred
Sentence: He had the smile of an angel as he chaired the weekly meetings, but as the new recruit Ida Lovett was to discover, beneath the smarmy exterior, he was a complete and utter lambastard!
Etymology: lambast, to loudly criticise, bastard
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COMMENTS:
He was much worse after a few glasses of Italian red wine. Then he was lambrusqueo - petaj, 2007-06-12: 07:52:00
Also a wolf in sheep's clothing? - petaj, 2007-06-12: 08:02:00
Damn, I didn't see yours before I posted mine. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Good word there, too. - Clayton, 2007-06-12: 08:27:00
And the ignoramus who put BBQ sauce on the mutton chops. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-12: 08:31:00
Hahaha! "Lamb baster." Incidentally, the Basters of Namibia get their name from the Dutch word for "bastard." - Clayton, 2007-06-12: 09:05:00
Maybe he had the smile of an angel because he was really 'Tiny Tim' in disguise and he was a lamebastard as well as a lambastard - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-12: 10:44:00
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Mockliment
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈmɑkləˌmɛnt/
Sentence: It wasn't the fact that he mocklimented everyone that was so annoying; it was the fact that he seemed to think everyone was too stupid to notice.
Etymology: From compliment + mock
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COMMENTS:
good one ErWenn - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-12: 12:04:00
son does that to me all the time. At least now I've got a word for it! Thanx! - administraitor, 2007-06-12: 15:08:00
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