Verboticism: Purchastise
DEFINITION: v. To yell at a store clerk for correctly doing something that is clearly part of their job. n. A shopper who believes, as a "customer", it's their duty to bother, berate and belittle the people who serve them.
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Storemybitch
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: stormy (store me) bitch
Sentence: The hag had gone on a jag, a store wide deride, turning many an employee in the store house, into a running store mouse. Like a tornado she struck, heaving down her groceries, making the clerk wish he could run into a storm cellar, instead of reamining a store seller. Like a storm beach, the clerk shored himself up, and braved the storemybitch!
Etymology: The comparison being that of a STORE hit by a STOREMY BITCH, making it as beseiged as as STORMY BEACH. Store - place where goods are sold. Stormy - 1) affected by and subject to storms that can wreak havoc. Stormy - 2) subjected to strong emotional disturbances that can wreak havoc. Bitch - a highly offensive term for a woman who attacks, like a storm attacks, but with words, using them to berate and belittle, often in a vulgar way with vulgar language.
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COMMENTS:
ROTFLMAO! You're so funny! Loved it! :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-17: 03:48:00
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Checkerheckler
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: chek - ur - hek - lur
Sentence: Gustav was dreaded in the village by all of the shopkeepers, clerks and checkers. He took out his unhappiness and displeasure with life on all he encountered, especially those who had to wait on him. He was known in town as a checkerheckler for his habit of yelling at those who had to take his money...
Etymology: checker (cashier) heckler (person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another)
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - mrskellyscl, 2009-04-10: 10:16:00
Cute word - Nosila, 2009-04-10: 23:03:00
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Customeany
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: cus-to-mean-y
Sentence: Jill's heart sank when she saw Mr. Crank, a notorious clerk bully, in her line. It only took one customeany to ruin her day, but she decided to be pleasant anyway.
Etymology: customer: consumer, shopper + meany (meanie): brute, bully
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COMMENTS:
I like this! - readerwriter, 2009-04-10: 20:51:00
Yes i like it too! this is a word to use! - splendiction, 2009-04-17: 19:06:00
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Sharraser
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: sha-raas-ur
Sentence: Dan knew he had a sharraser on his hands when the customer was yelling and screaming because he had to swipe his debit card through the credit card reader. The customer was insistent on the fact that there had to be a seperate reader for debit cards, and that every other store he'd ever been to had one, so why didn't they?
Etymology: shopper (one who does business with a retailer) + harrass (to annoy or belittle another)
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COMMENTS:
Wonderful choice of words to blend, and a super job of blending them! Great create! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-10: 01:53:00
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Purchastise
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: perch-ass-tize
Sentence: "Lookout, here comes the old lady who wants every single item in separate double bags." Oh, no, looks like it's my turn to be purchastised.
Etymology: purchase + chastise
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Customonster
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kəstəmänstər
Sentence: Harold gets no respect at work. He gets no respect from his wife or daughters. Even his mom and dad refer to him as ”Big Dumby”. When he goes shopping he becomes a customonster, pounding his fist on the counter and yelling at the poor clerks if they dare cross him in even the slightest way, that is if he is shopping alone. If with his wife and kids, he sits quietly in the designated husband chair and holds his wife’s purse.
Etymology: customer (a person or organization that buys goods or services from a store or business) + monster (an imaginary creature that is typically large, ugly, and frightening)
Cashearful
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: cash/eer/full
Sentence: Every time Sam shops at the fruit market he gives the clerk a cashearful about the state of their produce.
Etymology: cashier + earful (strong reprimand)
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COMMENTS:
Has an outstanding ring to it and registers a big hit here here! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-10: 12:31:00
correct those last two words to Hear! Hear! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-10: 12:32:00
Good one..the cashier should just tell him to BEET it or Lettuce tell the Manager. He could also Turnip after Sam has left or work somewhere that pays a higher Celery for taking this abuse! - Nosila, 2009-04-10: 22:57:00
Very clever!! - Mustang, 2009-04-11: 22:03:00
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Snobligation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: snob lig ay shun
Sentence: Bill Nonpayer is every cashier and fast food clerk's nightmare. He acts as though these people are personally stealing his money instead of receiving payment from him for goods or services. The younger or less experienced the individual is, the more likely he is to complain and embarrass the individual. Bill thinks he is a concientious consumer when he belittles the staff and that it is his snobligation to treat them all badly. But we know what Bill really is, a cowardly bully!
Etymology: Snob (a person regarded as arrogant and annoying) & Obligation (a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor;the state of being obligated to do or pay something)
Cusstomer
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kuss tuh mur
Sentence: The cusstomer is always fright
Etymology: customer, cuss
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COMMENTS:
Such a good word - I just tried to submit the same one! Good for you! (So you'll see my sentence has your word in it). - splendiction, 2009-04-10: 14:01:00
Excellent! Wish I'd thought of it. - Mustang, 2009-04-11: 22:02:00
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