Verboticism: Lunatickalltherightboxes
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Dumbskill
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: dum-skil
Sentence: In person, everyone thought Annie was a complete numskull. She was always chattering about whatever was on her mind, which was not too much. (She had the attention span of a gnat, and an addiction to celebrity gossip.) It was a dumbskill that she made the most of on twitter, where she had 1000 followers.
Etymology: dumbskull + skill
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COMMENTS:
They say, in order to 'keep ahead of the game' and 'to remain relevent in the workplace' workers should dumbskill every 5 years. - scrabbelicious, 2009-07-31: 11:41:00
The dumber the better... - jrogan, 2009-07-31: 12:35:00
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Defasset
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: deh-fah-set
Sentence: I never knew she was up for the job until I realized that she had a defasset.
Etymology: defect + asset + deficit
Flawsome
Created by: hamburgerman
Pronunciation: flaw sum
Sentence: OMG! dude, thats totally flawsome!
Etymology: flaw + awesome = flawsome
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COMMENTS:
no comment - hamburgerman, 2009-08-20: 21:34:00
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Prozactivity
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: Pro-zac-teh-vit-ie
Sentence: Positive discrimination my eye!, thought Julie during her job interview, what I need is some prozactivity, these pills do pay for themselves you know...it says so on the packet.
Etymology: Bonding of 1) Prozac, brand of antidepressant favoured by actor Tom Cruise. 2) Productivity, daily pursuit of the gainfully employed or 10% of actors. 3) activity, type of collective movement engaged in by groups that gather in flurries, as in "a flurry of activiy in the office"
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COMMENTS:
An excellent example of prozactive problem solving! - jrogan, 2009-07-31: 10:38:00
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Disabenefit
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Diss-ah-ben-ah-fet
Sentence: I was surprised to realize that my "anger problem" is a disabenefit that could make me tons of money. Dressing up as made-up people for "The Jerry Springer Show" is easy!
Etymology: Disability (defect) + benefit (an asset)
Babblon
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: babəlän
Sentence: Little Johnny Madden was a slow learner. He didn’t speak in full sentences til long after his play pals but once he started there was no stopping him. He seemed to revel in the sound of his own voice. His mother’s favorite word was ”Hush!”. Little did anybody realize that he could parlay this annoying trait into a career adding ”color” to the commentary of football sportscasters. He would travel from city to city to do his job. Every city he visited would become the new city of Babblon.
Etymology: babble (talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way) + on - A play on Babylon
Flairure
Created by: fadedeidolon
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: flair, failure
Lunatickalltherightboxes
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: loo na tik awl the rite bok ses
Sentence: She managed to lunatickalltherightboxes despite the rather stained resumé
Etymology: lunatic tick all the right boxes
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Flawntit
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: flawnt-it
Sentence: Cherie really started marketing herself when she realised her flawntit gave her an oddvantage over the other candidates.
Etymology: flaw + If you've got it flaunt it.
