Verboticism: Assinkizzor
DEFINITION: v. To seek approval from your boss by emulating their style, mannerisms or affectations. n. A person who copies their boss's style in order to win favor.
Voted For: Assinkizzor
Successfully added your vote for "Assinkizzor".
You still have one vote left...
Halopecia
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: hay lo peesheea
Sentence: Wanting badly to mirror her boss' success, Haley started developing a severe case of halopecia. It was hairable to watch.
Etymology: Halo (an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint; halo effect-The halo effect is a cognitive bias whereby the perception of one trait (i.e. a characteristic of a person or object) is influenced by the perception of another trait (or several traits) of that person or object. An example would be judging a good-looking person as more intelligent) & Alopecia (loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers)
Panderox
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: pan/der/ox
Sentence: With a vice-president position available, individuals being considered for the position panderox the boss at every possible opportunity. The secretaries have a chart keeping track of who is the biggest panderoxing fool.
Etymology: pander (to cater to the lower tastes and desires of others, or exploit their weaknesses) + xerox (copy)
Brandposer
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: Bran - d - pos - er
Sentence: "Bob the Bootlicker" was multitalented to be sure, full time brown-noser and brandposer, if only he could put that kind of effort into his car washing.
Etymology: Brand - poser (sounds like brown noser)
Bossimilate
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: boss-sim-ill-ayt
Sentence: as everyone in the office started to look more and more like Mrs Jenkins, i realised resistance was futile... if i didn't bossimilate soon i'd stick out like a sore thumb
Etymology: boss, assimilate, similar, simulate
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
better a sore thumb that a sore ... - better not go there today - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-14: 09:55:00
Thumb your nose at our puns all you like. - Clayton, 2007-06-14: 11:53:00
----------------------------
Stuplicate
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: stu-pli-ket
Sentence: By emulating his not-too-bright boss, the best he could hope for was to be a stuplicate.
Etymology: Stupid + Duplicate
Edmundorosape
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: ed-MUN-do-ROS-ape
Sentence: Roxie wanted to edmundorosape Mr Sanchez so perfectly, even to his love of Latin-American dancing, that she began to learn to cha-cha.
Etymology: EDMUNDO ROS: the leader, the most important person, (rythming slang, Edmundo Ros = boss, from Edmundo Ros(b 1910), a popular Latin American band leader) & APE: A dupe. to mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally; a dupe.
Execumime
Created by: kendriveset
Pronunciation: exec-u-mime
Sentence: Denise was such a good execumime that John could barely tell the difference between her and the boss.
Etymology: executive + mime
Clonenoser
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: clo - nozer
Sentence: Greta was a total clonenoser. First she started to wear the same lipstick color as her boss. Next the shoes, then the bracelet. She thought it a compliment to her boss that she had started to "evolve" into her likeness.
Etymology: clone (a perfect copy), noser - brown noser (someone who kisses up to the boss
Clononialism
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: clo/no/nee/al/ism
Sentence: Her clononialism was quite startling. She was determined to stake her own territory even if it involved personal sacrifice.
Etymology: clone + colonialism
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Send in the clones. - Clayton, 2007-06-14: 12:02:00
And where are the clones? There ought to be clones. Uh oh - Purple's going to kill you - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-14: 12:20:00
CLAAAAYTON!!! I know where your word lives!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-14: 12:33:00
Hahaha. What?! You got something against that song? It's almost as good as "MacArthur Park." - Clayton, 2007-06-14: 15:21:00
Now you've really done it Clayton - Someone's left the cake out in the rain - I think the only other song that long is In-a-gadda-da-vida - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-14: 15:47:00
(don't ya know that I'll always CLUB you) - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-14: 16:17:00
too punny for words - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-14: 16:39:00
----------------------------
Suckupubus
Created by: rephil
Pronunciation: suk-UP-yoo-bus
Sentence: The unbearable irony was that while Karen was a suckupubus, her boss Keith's only identifying characterstic was that he was a brown-noser.
Etymology: succubus: a (female) demon that seduces humans; suck-up: one who tries to curry favour at every opportunity
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
good one! - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-14: 14:32:00
Got my vote - you could have added boss in the etymology.. suck up your boss - suckupuboss. - petaj, 2007-06-14: 23:57:00
----------------------------